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Thirty years of Pharmacy Magazine

This month sees Pharmacy Magazine’s 30th anniversary issue. A lot has happened since our launch in October 1995, writes editor Richard Thomas.

10 Oct 2025

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Less high street, more hospital: Rowlands branch shake-up slashes losses by £27m

Rowlands directors 'focused on cost control' as new outpatient pharmacies acquired

09 Oct 2025

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Man who stabbed pharmacist during attempted robbery in Belfast pharmacy jailed

Anthony McCrea was given a 12-year sentence after the attempted robbery at a pharmacy on the Antrim Road in March 2022.

08 Oct 2025

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Pharmacies hosting foundation year trainees get an extra £800

Funding for training sites rises to £27,295 as NHSE assumes responsibility for foundation year

08 Oct 2025

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Scotland’s negotiator calls for national pharmacy substance use service

Community Pharmacy Scotland urged the Government to introduce a national service and centralised funding.

08 Oct 2025

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Edinburgh pharmacy offering reward after ‘large quantity’ of Mounjaro stolen

Police issue appeal after Saturday night GLP raid

08 Oct 2025

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Pharmacies going for 10% below asking price as first-time buyers gain foothold

Over a quarter of pharmacy sales in the first half of 2025 were to first-time buyers

07 Oct 2025

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Inverness still best-paid city for locums as rates in England plummet

Average hourly rates tumble everywhere except Northern Ireland.

07 Oct 2025

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NPA: Community pharmacy could ’save the NHS billions’

The sector could save the NHS billions of pounds and improve patients’ lives through smarter medicines use, a new economic analysis has revealed.

06 Oct 2025

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Boots to recruit 6,000 seasonal workers for Christmas push

Chain announces major employment drive ahead of festive season

06 Oct 2025

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Suspected monkey dust user restrained by staff at pharmacy in Stoke

Navid Kaleem, who owns Norfolk Street Pharmacy in Hanley, said the man was “to-ing and fro-ing” around the pharmacy.

06 Oct 2025

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‘Major issue’: Pharmacies inundated with vaccine bookings from ineligible patients

Patients aged under 75 still think they can book NHS Covid jabs, CPE warns.

06 Oct 2025

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'Many' GPs gave flu jabs before October start date, Avicenna conference hears

'Everyone is aware of it' says Day Lewis director of early flu jab allegations

03 Oct 2025

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Pharmacies celebrated at Independent Pharmacy Awards in the House of Commons

Gareth Hughes at Tynewydd Pharmacy in Rhondda Valley was crowned Independent Pharmacist of the Year.

03 Oct 2025

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Pharmacist Support launches 'Walk for Wellbeing' campaign

Charity seeks to tackle loneliness among pharmacists through new campaign

03 Oct 2025

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Labour MP rejected Jhoots’ appeal for help to delay eviction by group of doctors

Labour MP Sadik Al-Hassan told Jhoots officials his role is to support constituents, "not shield companies whose track record raises serious concerns".

01 Oct 2025

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