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Welsh medicines margin to get £13 million boost

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Payment percentage for statutory branded medicines scheme drops to 16.5%

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MenB vaccination programme to be rolled out in pharmacies

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Rheumatoid arthritis patient trial backs up vaccination advantages of methotrexate delay

15th June 2026

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Alcohol-specific deaths fall to lowest level since 2021

15th June 2026

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Seven illnesses meningitis is often mistaken for

12th June 2026

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Wegovy weight loss pill first to get approval in the UK

11th 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

Community

Seamless patient care - across the professional divide

16th April 2026

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

11th June 2026

Community

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

11th June 2026

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

11th June 2026

Clinical

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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Warning issued over labelling error on osteoporosis medicine

10th June 2026

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Community

Antidepressant impacted by packaging error

10th June 2026

Clinical

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

10th June 2026

Independent prescribing to be added to Pharmacy First

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

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Welsh medicines margin to get £13 million boost

Payment percentage for statutory branded medicines scheme drops to 16.5%

Research review: a look at the latest clinical papers

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PDA celebrates the pharmacy LGBTQ+ community

MenB vaccination programme to be rolled out in pharmacies

Advice for newly qualified prescribing pharmacists published by GPhC

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