A “young girl” had to be treated in A&E after presenting with life threatening symptoms after taking weight loss drug Wegovy obtained through Boots Online Doctor, an A&E doctor told C+D this week ...

NHS England (NHSE) national director for primary care Dr Amanda Doyle yesterday (June 11) revealed that GPs will play a central role in the highly anticipated 10-year health plan. Speaking at the NHS ...

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has the government’s “full” backing to “tackle the misuse of weight loss medications”, health minister Karin Smyth last week (June 10) revealed. The comment ...

The news was revealed in a joint statement posted on both companies’ websites yesterday (October 5), in which they noted that they “share a heritage in online pharmacy and repeat dispensing”. A ...

Drug linked to the most deaths? The MHRA told C+D that from the point of licensing until the end of May, the GLP-1 RA linked to most deaths through ADR reports was liraglutide with some 37 reports ...

The High Court has dismissed the Professional Standards Authority’s (PSA) second appeal against findings made by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) regarding “offensive” and “antisemitic” ...

During an interview with CPS chief executive Matt Barclay, STV News caught a snapshot of the “real-life drama” of pharmacy, Barclay this week (November 26) revealed. “With the upcoming Scottish budget ...

Avicenna Membership Services – “the UK’s largest independent pharmacy support group” – has “split from its retail pharmacy operation” following its acquisition by a Dutch buying group, it last week ...

The annual flu letter, published today (May 25) by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), NHS England (NHSE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DH), set out vaccination plans for next ...

The government has laid out plans to “proceed to a formal, public consultation” on allowing pharmacists to substitute medicines this summer, after a toddler died when her pharmacist was unable to ...

A new prescription tracking feature on the NHS App has made the volume of calls at one pharmacy “far more manageable”, C+D last week (May 23) learned. Last week, NHS England (NHSE) announced that the ...

A community pharmacist-founded digital platform that allows pharmacies with extra capacity to offer Pharmacy First video consultations is being used by some 90 pharmacies a year on from its launch, it ...