The wellbeing charity, Pharmacist Support, has announced a new corporate partnership with Orion Pharma (UK). The partnership is designed champion positive wellbeing across the pharmacy profession, and will see Orion Pharma, which develops, manufactures and distributes pharmaceuticals, working with the pharmacy profession’s charity to raise awareness and vital funding for their core services, helping pharmacists and students facing financial difficulty, ...
New YouGov research has revealed a notable influence on how those taking weight loss medication approach food, drink and grocery shopping. YouGov’s new Health and Wellbeing Tracker examines how the use of these medications correlates with changes in grocery spending and eating habits, highlighting shifts in both consumption patterns and overall food-related expenditure. It found that around eight per cent of Britons ...
Pharmacy students are being encouraged to take immediate action to support their mental health and wellbeing. Pharmacist Support is hosting the annual Student ACTNow wellbeing campaign, in which it calls on MPharm students to put their wellbeing first and access free, year-round support designed specifically for their pharmacy journey. The campaign launches on University Mental Health Day on March 12. ...
Government has been warned that a worrying one third of pharmacies face service cuts within weeks if urgent funding isn’t made available. Owners representing one in three pharmacies in England – serving an estimated 15.5 million patients – have taken the unprecedented collective step to write to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, to warn him that pharmacies ‘are at real risk of imminent closure due to intolerable ...
The 2026 Pharmacist Support Bursary Scheme has opened for applications. The profession’s independent charity has announced the launch of the 2026 Student Bursary Scheme with continued support from Cencora Alliance Healthcare, a partnership now in its third year. The scheme, which closes on April 20, offers awards of £3,000 or £5,000 to MPharm students entering their final year in September ...
A new campaign has been unveiled to support the pharmacy community through loneliness. Pharmacist Support, the profession’s independent charity, is calling on the pharmacy community to join the Walk for Wellbeing campaign. With the strapline, ‘Tackling loneliness one step at a time’, the campaign aims to raise vital funds for the charity’s free and confidential support services while fostering connection ...
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has warned that a worrying 63 per cent of pharmacies could close in the next year if they don’t get further support. Two shocking new surveys have revealed that as well as 63 per cent being at risk, around four in 10 were unable to pay in full for the cost of prescription medication for ...