Reena Barai News Today

As the government asks pharmacies to do more to ease pressure on GPs, Sky News analysis has revealed those in England are closing at a rapid rate – with nearly 1,000 lost since 2017, a third of them in the last year alone.

The Pharmaceutical Journal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Surveys increasingly suggest that many of us feel driven to try self-treatment instead of struggling to get NHS help.

The Pharmaceutical Journal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UKs watchdog, is investigating the price of antibiotics. Pharmacists claim they are being charged up to £19 for drugs.

Competition and Markets Authority gathering evidence after drug companies accused of inflating prices

Crammed wards, burned-out GPs, patients waiting hours for ambulances – the health service is at breaking point

Pharmacy representatives have repeatedly warned that they cannot fill all antibiotic prescriptions.

Pharmacists have said the sector is facing its own crisis after the UK government was reportedly considering enlisting ...

Veteran chemist Fin McCaul said the sector was already facing a workforce crisis and could not be stretched to enact the plans without better funding.