Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, ...

The pharmacy minister and pharmacist MPs Sadik Al-Hassan and Taiwo Owatemi have all voted against exempting pharmacies from the upcoming national insurance hike.

In an interview with C+D, Sadik Al-Hassan MP pointed to the fractured nature of the sector’s representation. He has a point, but there is no easy answer to reconcile a sector as disparate as ours.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has revealed that its director for England James Davies left the organisation in December, with the director for Wales covering the role in the interim period.

Pharmacies will not be exempt from the upcoming rise in national insurance after MPs rejected an amendment to the law.

Two pharmacists have been struck off the register in separate hearings after being convicted of supplying controlled Class C drugs for their own “financial gain”.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that it is advising its 6,000 member pharmacies to limit services and reduce opening hours in protest against “unsustainable” funding. Kate Bowie ...

As we head towards the middle of March, I throw my arms up in despair as we still have no news on funding for 2024-2025 and beyond. Social media shows the anger.

MP and pharmacist Sadik Al-Hassan has said the promised community pharmacy prescribing service is “deliverable” but not ready yet.

Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden ...

As the dust settles on the announcement that NHS England (NHSE) is set for the scrapheap, questions on what a 50% headcount cut means for local commissioners remain… Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital ...

There will be a huge reliance on the senior team at Boots to deliver whatever plan transpires, and to prepare pharmacy teams for whatever difficult decisions will be coming. And they will be difficult ...