UK medicines watchdog the MHRA has announced that the first progesterone pills are to be available from pharmacies without a prescription.

Lloyds superintendent says company has updated its locum booking system after high profile incidents where patients were refused EHC.

Preventative HIV medicine should be available from community pharmacies, NHS England chief Simon Stevens has been told. 

Superdrug is the first UK pharmacy chain to offer a PrEP service to individuals worried about their HIV risk.

The number of cases of gonorrhoea increased by 26 per cent between 2018 and 2019. 

An online pharmacy's decision to cut emergency contraception prices has sparked calls for other pharmacies to reduce theirs.

The DHSC has been urged to introduce national service specifications for smoking cessation and EHC.

HIV diagnoses in the UK have fallen by more than a quarter since 2015, according to Public Health England.

The rise in STIs is likely to be due to people not using condoms correctly and consistently with new and casual partners, and an increase in testing.

The makers of a HIV self testing kit say they hope launching their product on Boots shelves will be a “turning point” in encouraging more to get tested.

Sexual health service users have serious concerns around the accessibility of services, a report from the Commons Health Select Committee indicates.

PHE demonstrates the valuable role of pharmacy in providing sexual health, reproductive health and HIV services.

Community pharmacies can do a lot to address sexual health issues like STIs and HIV says Public Health England.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has committed to ending the transmission of HIV in England by 2030

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recently offered a positive opinion for Seqirus’s QIVc

The future looks bright for community pharmacy in Wales, with changes putting clinical services at the focus of interactions.

The multiple says it is aimed at alleviating GP pressures and addressing the growing issue of antibiotic resistance

Pharmacies in Northern Ireland receive additional funding of £11.1m, but it's not enough claims CPNI

APTUK is seeking the views of pharmacy technicians and pre-registration trainees across Great Britain and Northern Ireland