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.

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.

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

“Humbling”, “historic” and “a big challenge” – pharmacy parliamentary candidates recount what it’s like to run in an election.  

Sir Keir Starmer has named Wes Streeting as the new secretary of state for health and social care this afternoon (July 5) after the Labour Party secured a landslide general election victory.

The pharmacy negotiator has said that it will seek “early meetings” with new government ministers but that negotiations on a new pharmacy funding deal could be “weeks” away.

Sadik Al-Hassan will join Taiwo Owatemi in parliament as Labour swept away the Conservative Party.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has told pharmacies to “save the date” for a second day of protest action to be held on September 19.