Minister responsible for Pharmacy announced
Dame Diana Johnson DBE has been announced as the minister responsible for pharmacy at the Department of Health and Social Care.
Heatwaves, Medicines and the Leadership Imperative
Climate change is no longer a future sustainability issue – it is a present-day operational challenge for healthcare leaders. As temperatures continue to rise across the UK, pharmacy leaders are facing an increasingly complex question: how do we safeguard medicine quality when the environments in which medicines are stored were never designed for a hotter climate?
Climate Change Is Creating a New Challenge for Medicines Storage
Climate change is rapidly becoming one of the defining challenges for healthcare. While much of the pharmaceutical sector’s sustainability agenda has focused on reducing carbon emissions, improving resource efficiency and meeting ambitious net-zero commitments, an equally important issue is beginning to emerge: adapting medicines management to a changing climate.
Newly qualified prescribing pharmacists
The majority of the pharmacists joining the GPhC register from summer 2026 will be independent prescribers from the point of registration. They have made fundamental changes to the initial education and training standards which are set to ensure pharmacists are ready to join the register as prescribers.
CPD Accreditation – Directory listing
The Pharmacy Consulting Limited team are excited to announce that we are now listed on the directory on the CPD website as one of their accredited training providers!
Tobacco and Vapes Bill becomes law
The next generation will be smoke-free as the Tobacco and Vapes Bill was granted Royal Assent on 29th April 2026. This deliveries an historic step towards a smoke-free UK and protecting people from the harms of tobacco by making it illegal to sell tobacco to anyone born on or after 1st January 2009.
Medicines Supply Shortages and the impact on pharmacies when Drug Tariff prices do not keep up with the cost of drugs
The latest announcement from Community Pharmacy England marks another significant milestone in what is becoming an increasingly unstable period for the UK medicines supply chain. With 204 price concessions agreed for April — surpassing the previous record of 201 concessions in March — the sector is witnessing sustained and escalating pricing volatility at a scale rarely seen before.
Updates from NHS England – Why barcodes are so important!
NHS England spoke at the recent Making and Distributing Pharmaceuticals conference in a joint presentation with GS1. The presentation focused on the NHS’s use of barcodes and the importance of them being consistently applied.
AI in GxP
There was a lot of discussion around the use of AI in GxP from some of the experts in the field, which was exceptionally interesting and inciteful.
