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Court spares pharmacy team member who stole Ozempic prison time

Akshay Sennik, 31, stole two Ozempic pens from New Cross Pharmacy in South-East London where he worked and sold them on.

22 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy owner gets formal warning after dispensing for overseas gender clinic

Digital pharmacy's co-owner warned over the company's work with Gender GP

22 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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King’s College London launches fast-track medical degree for health professionals

The Healthcare Entry Medicine Programme will allow pharmacists and other health professionals to train to become doctors quicker than normal.

21 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Football on Prescription scheme tackles antidepressant overprescribing in Stroud

GP surgeries in Gloucestershire are taking part in a scheme to help people over the age of 50 improve their mental health by prescribing them football matches.

21 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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GPhC to halt ownership disqualification proceedings against ‘limited number’ of people

GPhC to recommend dropping a small number of disqualification cases.

21 Jul 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Select committee to weigh up ‘challenges and opportunities’ of weight loss drugs

Parliamentary health select committee accepting evidence on weight loss interventions.

21 Jul 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Pharmacist Support awarded nearly £700,000 in grants between 2020 and 2024

The charity said its 2025-2030 strategy will see it raise awareness of its work and build on its offering for pharmacists, former pharmacists and pharmacy students.

18 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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One-month suspension for pharmacist who ‘slept in dispensary’

A Birmingham pharmacist's health condition caused him to fall asleep twice in a day

18 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacists to take part in Government’s back-to-work pilot

Labour said the WorkWell Primary Care Innovation Fund, which takes place in 15 regions in England, will “transform how fit notes are issued”.

17 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy technician who possessed and distributed indecent images of children struck off

Axel Savage, who did not attend the GPhC fitness-to-practise hearing, was sentenced in July 2024 to 20 months’ in prison suspended for two years.

17 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Government to lay ‘common sense’ supervision legislation today

Staff members will be allowed to hand out prescriptions without a pharmacist present

17 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Co-op invests £900k in ‘wellbeing’ pharmacy with podiatry service

Lincolnshire Co-op invests £890,000 in site renovation

16 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Losses at Cohens deepen to £7.8m as directors consider branch sales

Cohens directors eying up estate to find efficiencies, accounts reveal

16 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Six-month suspension for pharmacist after stalking conviction

Prison pharmacist suspended after convicted of stalking junior colleague

15 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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GP reviews should include ECG for long-term users of antipsychotics, warns coroner

A coroner warned there is a lack of clear and consistent guidance that GP health checks should include electrocardiograms for patients on long-term antipsychotics.

15 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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NPA chair reminds public about Pharmacy First UTI help after report warns of hospital costs

A Government report today warns urinary tract infections cost hospitals in England £604 million in 2023 to 2024.

15 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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