The GPhC policy and standards team has shared key information and tips for C+D readers preparing for Revalidation in 2025... what to include - and what to avoid!

An A&E doctor has told C+D that on “every” recent shift, a patient who should not be on weight loss drugs has presented with complications after illicitly obtaining Wegovy. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a ...

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 Department of Health and Social Care (DH) will “continue to monitor the recruitment of new staff into primary care networks (PCNs)” and the impact this could have on community pharmacy, it has ...

The community pharmacy sector in England faces a funding shortfall of more than £750m per year – or more than £67,000 per pharmacy – the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) has warned.

Kingston University is reviewing whether to reopen its overseas pharmacists' assessment programme (OSPAP) due to a “resurgence” in demand for the course.

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) announced late last month that the government was going to introduce legislative changes to let it decide what specific pharmacist roles will look like in the ...

NHS England’s 2022 community pharmacy workforce survey has found high rates of pharmacist vacancies across the country. Find out which areas fared best and worst. James Stent joined C+D as a digital ...

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, ...

A pharmacist who failed to tell her employer and the regulator about “three convictions for non-payment of train fares” has been removed from the register, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) ...

The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust’s “vision” for community pharmacy has recommended prescription dispensing without a pharmacist on site, saying it will “level the playing field” with GPs.

Pharmacies across the UK are struggling to source a variety of medicines, with some reporting that shortages have never been more acute. Pharmacy teams have told C+D which products they cannot seem to ...