The health secretary has confirmed that English prescription charges will remain frozen over the next year, after two consecutive years of price hikes. Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The pharmacy minister has said that he is “looking forward to working closely” with the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) now that the body has canned its plans for historic collective action. Kate ...

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 ...