Thirteen pharmacies in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area have been contracted to supply the COVID-19 antiviral molnupiravir, while more pharmacies in Scotland could be commissioned to provide a similar service in the future.

The number of Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) referrals from NHS 111 could grow by over a quarter of a million following the addition of three new conditions, NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) has announced. 

The Home Secretary has visited the Piccadilly Circus branch of Boots to mark one year since the launch of a domestic abuse codeword scheme in partnership with the Home Office.

Numark is committed to “continually refining and improving” its Hey Pharmacist app based on the feedback it receives from its members, it has told C+D, after some pharmacists raised concerns about the app’s current setup.

Pharmacies in Wales will benefit from an extra £2.5 million in funding to improve access to pharmacy treatment and advice and help them cope with COVID-19 pressures, the Welsh government has announced.

The Prime Minister has visited a pharmacy-led COVID-19 vaccination site at a Boots in his constituency as the multiple celebrates one year since it joined the national immunisation programme. 

Forty-four pharmacies in England are now signed up to pilot the NHS Community Pharmacy Contraception Management Service, allowing patients greater access to ongoing oral contraception.

The government will do “whatever it takes” to ensure free lateral flow tests remain in place for “as long as we need them”, the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, Michael Gove, has said. 

A former Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) board member has launched a petition asking the organisation “to take material steps to be transparent”, showing members and the wider pharmacy profession how it is governed. 

The European Commission’s proposed changes to the Northern Ireland protocol are encouraging, the National Pharmacy Association's (NPA) policy manager has said. 

With 2021 almost at a close, C+D spoke to community pharmacy funding negotiators from around the UK to discover what they consider the biggest successes and challenges the sector has faced over the past twelve months.

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) has appointed its first-ever pharmacy technician to the chief pharmaceutical officer’s team, it has been announced.