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Pharmacy Magazine's news channel will keep you up to date with the most relevant news for pharmacists within the UK pharmacy sector. We select our pharmacy news topics with pharmacists, pharmacy advisors, and pharmacy technicians specifically in mind.

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Pharmacies urge patients to keep medicines away from high temperatures as heatwave hits UK

The National Pharmacy Association said medicines should be stored at below 25C unless storage instructions state otherwise.

22 May 2026

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Labour warns pharmacies will break the law if they refuse to dispense loss-making drugs

The Department of Health and Social Care told ICP that dispensing at a loss was “not a valid reason for refusing to dispense".

22 May 2026

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Marie Curie urges pharmacies in Northern Ireland to sign up to Daffodil Standards

The standards aim to improve the care pharmacies provide for patients approaching the end of their lives and the bereaved.

21 May 2026

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DSP launches peptides-led weight management brand with £1.3m campaign

MedPal AI announces brand launch in anticipation of Wegovy pill approval

21 May 2026

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Investigation finds online pharmacies sold weight loss jabs based on false information

Which? said Superdrug, MedExpress, Voy and ZAVA sold jabs without verifying patient information and GP address.

21 May 2026

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ASA upholds complaint against ‘misleading’ Boots Black Friday promotion

Boots takes measures to prevent inaccurate price promotions following fragrance ad complaint

21 May 2026

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Pharmacy academics tackle medicines water pollution in £1.2m project

Project will compare drugs detected in Scottish waters with prescribing data

20 May 2026

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CCA report calls on Labour to add acute headaches and migraine to Pharmacy First

The report said patients can access treatments for headaches from pharmacies but their options for treating migraines were “limited".

20 May 2026

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Community pharmacist numbers down 10% despite sector workforce growth

Concerns raised around apparent drop in headcount number of community pharmacists

20 May 2026

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NPA and IPA assess pharmacies’ legal position if they stop dispensing loss-making drugs

NPA chairman Olivier Picard said it was uncertain if pharmacies would lose their NHS contracts.

20 May 2026

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‘Experienced’ pharmacist struck off and two suspended over unsafe online dispensing

FtP committee raises concerns around blurred professional structure of family business

19 May 2026

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Medicine Box Ltd goes into liquidation six years after getting £40m PPE contract

Labour has submitted a claim to the company’s liquidators to recover some or all of that public money.

19 May 2026

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PDA: Just half of pharmacists have a three-month savings buffer

PDA says survey findings point to financial precarity and weak career progression

18 May 2026

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Minister ducks question on learning bursary for MPharm students

Karin Smyth quiet on whether DHSC has considered letting MPharm students access learning fund

18 May 2026

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‘Transformative’ weight loss market driving threefold growth in private dispensing

Over 16 million Mounjaro units dispensed in the year to March, say analysts

18 May 2026

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Medicine shortages to get worse due to US-Iran war

The US-Iran war will exacerbate shortages further down the line, says CPE committee member, Fin McCaul

18 May 2026

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