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Payment percentage for statutory branded medicines scheme drops to 16.5%

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Two measles deaths reported in children this year, as national figures published by UKHSA

11th June 2026

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Guidance for people taking obesity medication, launched by British Dietetic Association

11th June 2026

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NICE backs atogepant for acute migraine treatment on NHS

11th June 2026

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Transdermal patches for dementia treatment discontinued

10th June 2026

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Independent thinking on the pharmacy contract

4th June 2026

Darush Attar-Zadeh is a clinical fellow pharmacist, a member of Asthma + Lung UK’s Council of Healthcare Professionals and executive chair of the Primary Care Respiratory Society

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'Let’s make a societal shift towards ending smoking for good'

5th May 2026

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How luxury pharmacy is run in a leading London store

27th April 2026

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Seamless patient care - across the professional divide

16th April 2026

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CPE polls sector to understand whether the contract will ‘ease financial pressure’

11th June 2026

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Warning issued over labelling error on osteoporosis medicine

10th June 2026

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Antidepressant impacted by packaging error

10th June 2026

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Community pharmacies will be able to offer children flu vaccines

10th June 2026

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How pharmacists can use CGM data to end ‘clinical inertia’ in diabetes care

10th June 2026

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Charity seeking volunteers to champion wellbeing across pharmacy sector

10th June 2026

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Half a million NHS staff to be given new AI tools to free up time for patients

10th June 2026

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Pharmacies prepare for ‘significant public interest’ in weight-loss pills

10th June 2026

Crescent Pharma issue third blood pressure medication recall

Community pharmacy £340m contract funding boost ‘significant’ but not enough

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Research review: a look at the latest clinical papers

Seven illnesses meningitis is often mistaken for

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MenB vaccination programme to be rolled out in pharmacies

Advice for newly qualified prescribing pharmacists published by GPhC

Wegovy weight loss pill first to get approval in the UK

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