People are often under the misconception that Christmas is the busiest time, but it’s Easter. In the world of community pharmacy, Easter is stressful.

The National Pharmacy Association’s (NPA) new chair has stressed that the body’s recently cancelled collective action campaign “was the right thing to do”. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter ...

CPS has accepted the “first part” of the 2025/26 funding package for Scottish pharmacies, including a rise in guaranteed minimum reimbursement and service income.

A multimillion-pound deal “with a major pharmaceutical firm” is set to fund a national NHS weight loss jab prescription pilot in pharmacies, newspapers have claimed. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital ...

A man has died after “inadvertently overdosing” on benzodiazepines he purchased from “illegal websites” that presented themselves as “regulated online pharmacies”, a coroner has warned. Molly Bowcott ...

Healthcare leaders have said that “radical reform” is needed in the government’s 10-year health plan, with some arguing that its approach to prevention is “lazy and limited”. Molly Bowcott joined C+D ...

Jhoots pharmacy staff have raised concerns for patients who have been told to “nominate another pharmacy” to dispense their medicines, with one branch dispensing no items in April and another ...

The medicines watchdog has revealed that it has arrested twelve suspects in its “biggest ever crackdown” on medicines trafficking, in a bid to dismantle a major criminal network. Molly Bowcott joined ...

Cos Potter joined C+D as its news editor in December 2022 but has been covering primary care news for over five years. After starting out at the pharmacy press in 2019, she worked at a GP title for ...

Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, ...

Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, ...

The health secretary has confirmed that English prescription charges will remain frozen over the next year, after two consecutive years of price hikes. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in ...