Pharmacy First is expanding after five conditions were added to the scheme, prompting industry to urge for continued investment. Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, visited Green Light Pharmacy to launch the expansion (pictured), which will see acne, migraines, scabies, ear infections and rhinitis now fall under Pharmacy First, which means people can visit their participating pharmacy without needing to see their ...
The Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) is urging the Health Minister to review the use of the term ‘probiotic’ and allow the term to be used on pack. In an open letter to Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the HFMA asked that she reviews use of the term ‘probiotic’ and makes the necessary changes to ...
A leading charity is calling on the pharmacy profession to champion trainee wellbeing. The profession’s independent charity is encouraging pharmacy employers, training providers and pharmacy professionals to champion trainee wellbeing as part of its Trainee ACTNow campaign, which has been taking place this week. Designed specifically for trainee pharmacists starting their foundation training year, Trainee ACTNow provides free, practical mental ...
A new report has revealed record demand from the pharmacy community, with Pharmacist Support expanding its reach and support. The charity has published its 2025 Impact Report, highlighting a year of significant growth, innovation and impact as the charity responded to increasing demand for support across the pharmacy profession. The report comes at a time when pressures on pharmacy teams ...
Bain Capital is to acquire Vitabiotics to drive rapid international expansion for the supplement brand. The US global private investment firm has confirmed it has agreed to acquire Vitabiotics, including its UK operations and the wider VB Group (including Meyer Organics in India, and its operations in Africa, including VB Egypt), marking a significant milestone in Vitabiotics’ 55-year history and signalling the ...
Pharmacist Support has issued a call to the profession to join as a volunteer. The major recruitment campaign was launched by the charity during Volunteers’ Week, which began on Monday, and invites people from across the pharmacy profession and beyond to help champion wellbeing within the pharmacy family. As part of the campaign, the charity is recruiting both pharmacist and ...
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 ...