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Underinvestment in the sector is continuing to threaten the accessibility of community pharmacies to patients and the public, Community Pharmacy England has told a Parliamentary inquiry. Dr. James Davies, Director of Research and Insights at Community Pharmacy England, gave oral evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group (APHG) on Wednesday 19th November. The APHG’s inquiry [...]

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National Patient Safety Alert: Harm from incorrect recording of a penicillin allergy as a penicillamine allergy National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2025/006/NHSPS Date issued: 20 November 2025 Explanation of identified safety issue There are reports of healthcare staff recording a patient’s penicillin allergy as a penicillamine allergy in electronic prescribing systems. This look-alike sound-alike [...]

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MHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Fingolimod SUN 0.5mg hard capsules (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited) Drug Alert Number: EL(25)A/49 Date issued: 20 November 2025 Sun Pharma UK Limited is conducting a precautionary recall of a single batch of Fingolimod SUN 0.5 mg hard capsules due to reports of capsule breakage on removing from the blister. No other [...]

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy has published a new report, The Future of Community Pharmacy in England, recognising the essential and central role that community pharmacies must play in achieving the Government’s ambitions for health and productivity.  The report emphasises that community pharmacies are vital to boosting NHS performance, tackling health inequalities, and delivering more care [...]

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An article has been published in the journal JAC – Antimicrobial Resistance highlighting outcomes of the 2022/23 and 2023/24 antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) quality criterion of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS). In the 2022/23 and 2023/24 PQS, pharmacy teams reviewed their practice on AMS. This included using the TARGET Treating Your Infection (TYI) upper respiratory tract [...]

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