Ministers “bear ultimate responsibility” for payment tech issues that have left Scottish pharmacies “tens of thousands of pounds” out of pocket, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced.

A specialist consulting firm has been hired to advise CPE on negotiations and complete an “economic project” for the sector, the negotiator has revealed.

“Crazy” NHS contract arrangements have left a Devon landlord unable to move in a new pharmacy after evicting a Jhoots branch that it says didn’t pay “a penny” of rent, C+D has learned.  

A new health minister has said that the Labour Party’s flagship community pharmacist prescribing service could be “central” to increasing secondary care capacity. 

The new health secretary has thanked pharmacists for their efforts after last week’s global IT outages caused havoc across the NHS and beyond.

New pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock boasts a potent political pedigree, but little primary care experience.

Pharmacies across the UK are set to sound an alarm or ring a bell in a coordinated protest action on September 19, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has revealed to C+D.

Health secretary Wes Streeting will “welcome” questions on community pharmacy closures and funding next week after an MP requested a pharmacy debate in parliament.  

As the amount of medication prescribed for ADHD rose by nearly 15% in 2023/24, a Labour councillor has blamed Brexit for shortages of medicines to treat the condition.

The southern England commissioner has called on local GPs to stop prescribing over-the-counter (OTC) medicines to patients as part of a cost-saving scheme.

Stephen Kinnock, minister of state for care at the Department of Health and Social Care (DH), has revealed that his portfolio includes primary care.

Community pharmacists in north east London can now offer low income and vulnerable patients advice and OTC treatments for 24 common minor illnesses, the local commissioner has revealed.