This site is intended for Healthcare Professionals only
medicine-box-summary

Locum suspended for taking tablets and placing re-sealed boxes on the shelf

Pharmacist placed orders for escitalopram without a prescription, FtP committee finds

14 Apr 2026 , 1 Min Article

female-pharma

Female Pharmacy Leaders Network becomes community interest company

The Female Pharmacy Leaders Network (FPLN) has registered as a community interest company and appointed Anjna Sharma as interim COO

13 Apr 2026 , 1 Min Article

mceu-97884407311775831826842

Don’t set experience requirements for RPs, CCA urges regulator

Setting minimum requirements for Responsible Pharmacists would create disruption, says trade body

10 Apr 2026 , 1 Min Article

pharmacist-with-patient-summary

‘Deskilling’ threat could drive pharmacist prescribers into private sector

Policymakers and regulators need tailored plans to stop IPs 'deskilling' warns report

09 Apr 2026 , 1 Min Article

prescription-summary

Ex-online pharmacist suspended for role in issuing high-risk prescriptions

Pharmacist failed to challenge unsafe practices at UK Meds, finds FtP committee

07 Apr 2026 , 1 Min Article

newcastle-crown-court-summary

Pharmacist struck off after conviction for distributing indecent images

Pharmacist removed from the register after forwarding images sent to him on WhatsApp

02 Apr 2026 , 1 Min Article

ballot-summary

Trade union’s pharmacy recognition bid fails after just three votes counted

GMB Scotland fails in bid to bargain for workers at two branches of Lindsay & Gilmour

01 Apr 2026 , 1 Min Article

files-summary

Pharmacy technician warned over accessing patient records

Hospital technician accessed her own and other patients' records 'without clinical justification'

01 Apr 2026 , 1 Min Article

student-summary

GPhC proposes to make prescribing training standard for overseas pharmacists

Training overseas pharmacists to prescribe 'realistic and achievable' says GPhC.

30 Mar 2026 , 2 Min Article

sodium-valproate-summary

‘No liaison with pharmacy’: Epilepsy patient died after missed valproate doses

New care team failed to make adequate records of patient's regimen, writes coroner

27 Mar 2026 , 1 Min Article

abuse-summary

Smashed shelves and racist remarks: Is abuse toward pharmacy staff taken seriously?

Abuse and intimidation are commonplace for many pharmacies, CPE survey finds

26 Mar 2026 , 1 Min Article

coins-summary

GPhC confirms renewal fees to rise by 6% in September

We'll use up reserves if we don't raise your fees, GPhC tells registrants

26 Mar 2026 , 1 Min Article

customs-summary

Codeine export superintendent pharmacist struck off after United Nations tipoff

East London pharmacist dispensed CDs for US patients without a Home Office licence

24 Mar 2026 , 1 Min Article

green-cross-summary

‘Still taking too long’: Difficult performance review for NI pharmacy regulator

PSNI told to speed up its fitness to practise casework and broaden the scope of its online pharmacies strategy as it again failed an annual performance review.

23 Mar 2026 , 1 Min Article

survey-1280

PSNI launches public consultation on draft standards for pharmacist prescribers

The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland wants views on the standards setting out "regulatory expectations for pharmacist prescribers".

23 Mar 2026 , 1 Min Article

employment-tribunal-summary

Pharmacy worker wins £2k in age-related harassment tribunal

Tribunal awards £2k in relation to 'comments made by a pharmacist'

19 Mar 2026 , 1 Min Article

Change privacy settings