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Government expands RSV vaccine programme

Adults aged 80 and over and residents in care homes in England will be offered a vaccination from April 1 this year.

02 Feb 2026

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East London pharmacies identify 163 patients at high risk of heart attack or stroke

Seventy pharmacies in East London are providing free cholesterol tests as part of a pilot launched last summer.

15 Jan 2026

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CPE: There’s no national flu vaccine shortage but there are isolated cases

Community Pharmacy England chief executive Janet Morrison said pharmacies struggling to access vaccines was "dependent on location”.

15 Dec 2025

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Department of Health in Northern Ireland publishes substance misuse report

The number of people using substance misuse services in the country fell very slightly in 2024-25.

11 Dec 2025

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NPA and Centre for Research Equity help independents recruit people for clinical trials

The NPA and CRE want to develop a network of research sites in pharmacies to support people to provide views on their needs.

03 Dec 2025

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Seven in 10 people with epilepsy in UK struggled to get medicine, study reveals

The survey found the medication carbamazepine was most commonly reported as being in shortage by 92.6 per cent of respondents.

28 Nov 2025

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Lords inquiry on declining childhood vaccine rates could be set up next year

A Lords committee could look at the barriers preventing children being vaccinated and make recommendations.

26 Nov 2025

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CPE committee member calls for national pharmacy deprescribing service

Sukhi Basra said pharmacists were already deprescribing “informally” and should be funded for it.

07 Nov 2025

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Doctors can be reluctant to discuss SUDEP during patient consultations, warns coroner

The coroner warned sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is not covered in doctors' medical training.

05 Nov 2025

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HIV prevention injection to be made available on NHS in coming months

NHS England said cabotegravir will only be made available in sexual health clinics across the country for the time being.

17 Oct 2025

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CPE urges NHS England to compensate pharmacies for Covid jabs chaos

NHS England's decision to change the criteria increased the pressure on already besieged pharmacies.

15 Oct 2025

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CPE chief: Pharmacy First letter shows GP authors have ‘total disregard’ for patients

Community Pharmacy England chief executive Janet Morrison said she was "very troubled" by the "combative approach" of some GPs.

10 Oct 2025

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Health minister visits Bedminster Pharmacy’s new site in Bristol

Labour MP Karin Smyth saw Bedminster Pharmacy’s new premises where she met its team and had her annual flu vaccination.

10 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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