Use of Pharmacy First has increased by nearly 60% since the service began
Data from Public Health Scotland also showed that in 2025/2026, 36% of the Scottish population used the Pharmacy First Scotland...
Personalised cancer vaccine with immunotherapy cuts risk of melanoma returning by 42%, study finds
After two years, 82% of patients who received the combination of pembrolizumab with the intismeran autogene vaccine were alive without...
New medicines need workable pathways towards delivery, not just formulary approval
Even after MHRA approval, a NICE recommendation and formulary inclusion, there is still a long way to go before patients...
‘More than four walls: the push to upgrade pharmacy consultation rooms
As pharmacies take on more prescribing, vaccinations and Pharmacy First consultations, the profession is asking whether its consultation rooms are...
Fewer than 2% of pharmacies delivered NHS stop smoking consultations in first half 2026, CCA says
A Company Chemists' Association report said that referral rates for consultations under the community pharmacy smoking cessation service were extremely...
Senior pharmacists should be involved in planning for hospital corridor care, College tells government
Mahendra Patel, chair of the Royal College of Pharmacys English Pharmacy Advisory Council, outlined a number of targeted interventions that...