Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

Latest from Kate Bowie

Pharmacist scores six-figure funding to ‘transform’ Liverpool pharmacy

A pharmacist “with 14 years of experience” has received the six-figure financial support of River Capital to purchase a Liverpool premise, the investor has announced.

Wegovy: Ten deaths linked to weight loss injections, says MHRA

The medicines watchdog has received reports of some 10 deaths “with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) indicated for weight management” such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, C+D can reveal.

HSCC to do ‘all it can’ to stop NHS consultation being ‘great big piece of nonsense’

A new health and social care committee (HSCC) member has stressed that the committee will ensure the government’s months-long NHS consultation makes “some proper changes” amid concerns that it will just result in “more and more paperwork”.

Jhoots Pharmacy branch receives second bailiff visit in six months

A Jhoots Pharmacy branch has been issued a second bailiff notice after it moved from an ex-Lloydspharmacy to a premise previously own by Boots.

Pharmacy First negotiations ‘were just horrendous’, says CPE

Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has revealed that negotiations around the Pharmacy First service were “horrendous”, as core contract negotiations that were originally set to conclude in March continue.

Kinnock: ‘Pharmacies are private businesses’ and closures ‘reflect many factors’

The pharmacy minister has told MPs that community pharmacies’ “decisions to close reflect many factors” amid concerns about the declining numbers in the sector.