NHS England (NHSE) has confirmed that both the government and pharmacy negotiators have seen the long-awaited economic analysis of the sector – but said that it will not share the report until the ...

The pharmacy minister and pharmacist MPs Sadik Al-Hassan and Taiwo Owatemi have all voted against exempting pharmacies from the upcoming national insurance hike.

In an interview with C+D, Sadik Al-Hassan MP pointed to the fractured nature of the sector’s representation. He has a point, but there is no easy answer to reconcile a sector as disparate as ours.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has revealed that its director for England James Davies left the organisation in December, with the director for Wales covering the role in the interim period.

Pharmacies will not be exempt from the upcoming rise in national insurance after MPs rejected an amendment to the law.

Two pharmacists have been struck off the register in separate hearings after being convicted of supplying controlled Class C drugs for their own “financial gain”. Molly Bowcott joined C+D as a digital ...

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that it is advising its 6,000 member pharmacies to limit services and reduce opening hours in protest against “unsustainable” funding. Kate Bowie ...

Contractors and trade bodies have publicly aired their frustrations as the paper showing the economic analysis of the pharmacy sector is shrouded in secrecy and not available for public reading. Some ...

MP and pharmacist Sadik Al-Hassan has said the promised community pharmacy prescribing service is “deliverable” but not ready yet.

Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden ...

As the dust settles on the announcement that NHS England (NHSE) is set for the scrapheap, questions on what a 50% headcount cut means for local commissioners remain… Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital ...

There will be a huge reliance on the senior team at Boots to deliver whatever plan transpires, and to prepare pharmacy teams for whatever difficult decisions will be coming. And they will be difficult ...