A pharmacist has been struck off the register after being convicted of “fraudulently” creating prescriptions for an opioid pain medicine worth almost £800, following a previous hearing over "similar ...

An “illegal online pharmacist” has been jailed for more than 10 years for supplying prescription medication and recreational drugs, including diazepam and cocaine, via a Whatsapp group called “UK ...

James Halliwell joined C+D as editor-in-chief in February 2024. A business journalist for the last 15 years, he’s looking forward to developing the bond between C+D and its readers and bringing them ...

Small independent pharmacies are facing a financial hit of thousands of pounds per month after reforms banning NMS subcontracting, C+D has learned.

Superdrug has partnered with PocDoc to introduce an “at-home” cardiovascular disease (CVD) test both online and in-store in over 180 pharmacies across the UK. Molly Bowcott joined C+D as a digital ...

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has decided against recommending collective action, despite its members unanimously voting to protest unsustainable funding in November. Kate Bowie joined C+D ...

There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind. The action the NPA has led over the past nine months has changed the game for our network and for our profession.

Boots’ parent company will pay at least $300m to the US government to “resolve allegations” it filled millions of unlawful opioid and controlled substance prescriptions from 2012 to 2023.

The DH has revealed plans to expand the pharmacy RSV vaccine programme by “up to 200 sites in identified target areas” in 2025/26 to “reverse the downward trend” in uptake. Molly Bowcott joined C+D as ...

The Northern Irish pharmacy regulator has confirmed plans to increase annual fees to £477, weeks after the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) “identified weaknesses in multiple [of its] regulatory ...

Some 25 complaints have been submitted to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) arguing that the new pharmacy contract is “anti-competitive”, C+D has learned. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital ...

New data analysis has revealed the locations of English and Welsh “pharmacy deserts” – the areas worst hit by the more than a thousand pharmacy closures over the last decade. Kate Bowie joined C+D as ...