The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that it is advising its 6,000 member pharmacies to limit services and reduce opening hours in protest against “unsustainable” funding. Kate Bowie ...

As we head towards the middle of March, I throw my arms up in despair as we still have no news on funding for 2024-2025 and beyond. Social media shows the anger.

MP and pharmacist Sadik Al-Hassan has said the promised community pharmacy prescribing service is “deliverable” but not ready yet.

As the dust settles on the announcement that NHS England (NHSE) is set for the scrapheap, questions on what a 50% headcount cut means for local commissioners remain… Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital ...

Wes Streeting has revealed that the DH is “immediately” working to scrap NHS England (NHSE) and put a new “transformation team” in place – adding that it is in the “very final stages” of concluding a ...

Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden ...

There will be a huge reliance on the senior team at Boots to deliver whatever plan transpires, and to prepare pharmacy teams for whatever difficult decisions will be coming. And they will be difficult ...

Margaret Billings sustained fatal injuries when she was caught between a moving boat and a riverbank during a day out “with family and friends”, an inquest has found. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a ...

Alliance Healthcare has revealed “plans to close” two Midlands service centres and proposed cuts at another, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.

‘Vote no’ campaigner Martin Astbury tells C+D why he believes the RPS plans for change represent a shift away from pharmacist leadership and why members should vote against them this week… ...

The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has called for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) to “abandon its hastily convened ballot” on royal college status, while others called for a dissenting ...

A coroner has warned of the “potential dangers” of a trio of drugs, after a patient died who had been on them for four years “without concern”. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August ...