Women taking GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) must use effective contraception, with those taking Mounjaro (tirzepatide; Eli Lilly) requiring a non-oral contraceptive, according to the Medicines…

Average carbon emissions from short-acting beta-2 agonist (SABA) inhalers prescribed in primary care have dropped by one-third since 2020, data analysed by The Pharmaceutical Journal have shown. Accor...

This year, The Pharmaceutical Journal’s Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey contains questions about salary and professional development, as well as a range of issues, including workforce shortages, in...

This year, The Pharmaceutical Journal’s Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey contains questions about salary and professional development, as well as a range of issues, including workforce shortages, in...

Our new PJ Pod series — Pharmacy Inside Jobs — has been developed to inspire you to take the next step in your career. Whether you are a pharmacy student or a seasoned pharmacy professional, our goal ...

NHS England has increased funding for inclisiran (Leqvio; Novartis), with community pharmacies now able to purchase the anticholesterol drug at a nominal charge of £45 and be reimbursed at £60 — an…

With the announcement of a new contract for community pharmacy in England for 2024/2025 and 2025/2026, contractors can expect to see a 30% uplift in funding by 2026.  Under the contract, pharmacies…

In 2021/2022, the ethnicity awarding gap for all UK graduates widened for the first time in seven years — and by “a substantial amount”, according to the charity Advance HE. Up until that point, the…

It's estimated that more than 1.2 million children may die as a result of this political decision.

The narrowing of the ethnicity awarding gap for UK pharmacy graduates seen during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been sustained, according to an analysis by The Pharmaceutical Journal.  Analysis of…

Salary: £40,000 - £44,000 per annum Contract: Permanent and full time (35 hours per week) Are you passionate about visual presentation and online content? We're seeking a Digital Art Editor to ...

There is an “urgent” need to develop and implement a role for community pharmacy in medicines homecare services in Scotland, a review of the system has said. The independent review, published on 20 Ma...

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) members have voted in favour of becoming a royal college. The results of a special resolution vote, announced on 26 March 2025, show that 71.1% of members voted to s...

Ten years ago, a pharmacist working in an emergency department (ED) would have been a rarity. But, with patients spending more time in EDs, pharmacists are now viewed as an essential part of the team....

In childhood, asthma is more common in boys than girls. “Mechanistically, we don’t have a clear understanding as to why,” says Dawn Newcomb, an associate professor in allergy, pulmonary and critical c...

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common inflammatory nasal condition that affects 10–15% of children and 26% of adults in the UK​1​. It impacts school attendance and performance in examinations and at work...

In November 2024, a coroner in Blackpool gave a stark warning about the risks of prescribing propranolol for anxiety after a young women died from an overdose. In a report on the death of 17-year-old ...

Around 40% of pharmacists say medicines shortages have put patients at risk during the past year, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said. In evidence submitted to the All-Party Parliamentary ...

Established in 2023, the Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award (OPERA) recognises researchers in the early stages of their careers who are making significant contributions to advance…

Pharmacists face a whole host of difficulties when trying to gain and apply their independent prescribing (IP) qualification in community pharmacy.  The ‘Independent prescribing in community pharmacy ...

When results from the ‘EV-302’ bladder cancer trial were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology annual meeting in October 2023, they received a standing ovation. The study compared sta...

Salary: Competitive This is an exciting role for a creative and talented journalist, with a scientific background, to join the award-winning team at The Pharmaceutical Journal. The Senior Clinical ...

Salary: Competitive This is an exciting role for a creative and talented journalist, with a scientific background, to join the award-winning team at The Pharmaceutical Journal. The Senior Clinical ...

Salary: Competitive This is an exciting role for a creative and talented journalist, with a scientific background, to join the award-winning team at The Pharmaceutical Journal. The Senior Clinical ...

In 2024, our most-read feature by a long way was on a new type of super-strength synthetic opioid called nitazene, which is flooding the UK market and increasingly being found in counterfeit medicines...

As has become tradition, The PJ Pod’s final episode of the year looks back over some of the most significant stories in pharmacy in the past 12 months, before members of The PJ editorial team make the...

As has become tradition, The PJ Pod’s final episode of the year looks back over some of the most significant stories in pharmacy in the past 12 months, before members of The PJ editorial team make the...

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A requirement for pharmacy foundation training programmes to include multi-sector rotations from 2026/2027 has been postponed by NHS England owing to pressures facing the pharmacy sector. The decision...

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The number of GP referrals to the Pharmacy First clinical pathway service in England has varied widely between integrated care boards (ICBs), NHS England data have shown. The data, obtained by The Pha...

A shortlist of 11 female pharmacy professionals are being celebrated for their intense dedication to improving both the pharmacy profession and patient care in The Pharmaceutical Journal’s 2024 ‘Women...

NICE has accepted a request from NHS England to slow down the roll out of weight-loss drug tirzepatide but GP workload concerns remain.

Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has said the pharmacy sector could be put to greater use but the funding gap needs to be addressed, in its submission to the consultation shaping the government’s ten-...

Established in 2023, the Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award (OPERA) recognises researchers in the early stages of their careers who are making significant contributions to advance rese...

Community pharmacies in Essex and Suffolk have administered more than 8,000 vaccines in the first two months of the community pharmacy respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pathfinder service. The NHS RSV...

The 2024 autumn budget has the potential to cost community pharmacies £200m per year in unplanned expenses, pharmacy bodies have said. In a letter to health secretary Wes Streeting, the National Pharm...

Having a blood sample taken, usually by a phlebotomist in a clinic, is an often unpleasant but necessary step in monitoring medical conditions and some medicines. However, Neil Spooner, bioanalyst and...

The British Medical Association (BMA) conference of local medical committees (LMCs), attended by GPs in England, has passed a motion calling for an end to community pharmacy blood pressure checks “wit...

Research has revealed that the number of annual psychiatrist reviews being carried out in patients prescribed antipsychotics has decreased, while the number of antipsychotics being prescribed for sole...

Christmas is coming early, it's official. Thanks to our dramatically improved sponsorship situation, we are able to reduce the price of the Christmas party to just £10 for members (and

In our featured interview this month, former deputy chief pharmaceutical officer Bruce Warner gave The Pharmaceutical Journal a rare glimpse of hope for the future of medicine shortages. While the iss...

A national strategy must be introduced to tackle the ongoing problem of medicines shortages in the UK, a major report published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said. In ‘Medicines shorta...