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Coroner: Young man overdosed after receiving double script from P2U and Superdrug

The inquest of a 22-year-old patient who received his prescription twice due to a “prescribing error” has raised concerns over Pharmacy2U’s “swift dispatch of medication”.

Draft HIV guidance backs website selling PrEP for Bitcoin

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has warned about “patient safety” after discovering that draft HIV guidance directs patients to purchase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) from a website using cryptocurrency.

Pharmacy2U takeover of LloydsDirect approved after safety concerns

The NHS has accepted Pharmacy2U’s application to take over the ownership of LloydsDirect, after previously refusing it earlier this year.

PDA: GPhC consultation ‘watering down’ online pharmacy guidance

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has raised concerns that proposed changes to online pharmacy regulations would embed “potentially poor practice” and allow pharmacies to “circumvent” guidance.

Repeat offender online pharmacy warned over weight loss POM ads

The medicines regulator has ordered an online pharmacy to amend its advertising for medication “not licensed for weight loss” following a complaint, it has revealed.

Mum landed in hospital after taking Facebook ad Mounjaro

A mum of three was landed in hospital shortly after taking weight loss jab Mounjaro, having “bought into” an online pharmacy’s ad for the drug on social media, C+D has learned.

NHSE: ‘We need to respect’ GPs refusing to let pharmacies update records

NHS England (NHSE) officials have said they will “respect” GP practices that have switched off Pharmacy First “update record” IT functionality, despite Community Pharmacy England (CPE) calling for commissioners to “push, push, push” surgeries to “play ball”.

‘Modernising healthcare’: Electronic prescriptions rolled out in every Wales health board

The electronic prescribing service (EPS) is now available at “some” community pharmacies in every health board in Wales, the government has announced.

‘Reimagining healthcare’: Amazon Pharmacy announces expansion of US same-day drug delivery

Amazon Pharmacy has announced that it will expand its same-day medication delivery service to 20 new cities in the US next year.

‘Domino’s-style’ prescription tracking to roll out from January following pilot

Prescription tracking via the NHS App is set for rollout as soon as January, pending the results of a pilot, NHS England (NHSE) has revealed.