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?
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.
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.
Read all about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on Pharmacies. A new statement has been published by the General Pharmaceutical Council (20th April 2026)
Pharmacy updates are coming into force on 7th January 2026 with regards to pharmacy supervision legislation and covering authorisations by a pharmacist who is absent or treated as absent – handing out checked and bagged prescriptions.
