The number of pharmacy technicians working in the community has plummeted by 30% in just two years, new survey data has revealed. 

A doctor told Lucy Younger that her brain tumour symptoms were from “drinking too much” and being “away from home” before an “incredible” pharmacist sent her to get an MRI scan... 

Members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) have urged the government to “get behind” community pharmacies, provide the sector with a “modest” investment and get pharmacies to “do more”. 

Novo Nordisk induced multiple “large” pharmacy chains to prescribe one of its weight loss drugs by providing “free of charge” sharps bins, needles and injection-pen travel wallets, the prescription medicine self-regulatory body has found.