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C+D has been informing, supporting and championing community pharmacy since 1859 and proud to be at the forefront of providing the latest pharmacy news.

AAH pre-tax profits down by more than £10m, filings revealhttps://vist.ly/4i2zbPharmaceutical wholesaler AAH has seen pr...
18/12/2025

AAH pre-tax profits down by more than £10m, filings reveal

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Pharmaceutical wholesaler AAH has seen pre-tax profits drop by close to £11m in 2024/25, while turnover also fell to just under £3bn

Pharmaceutical wholesaler AAH has seen pre-tax profits drop by close to £11m in 2024/25, while turnover also fell to just under £3bn.

Some of the best of Malcolm Brownhttps://vist.ly/4i2svC+D rounds up the best columns Dr Malcolm E. Brown wrote for us, c...
18/12/2025

Some of the best of Malcolm Brown

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C+D rounds up the best columns Dr Malcolm E. Brown wrote for us, covering the span of pharmacy’s history, current issues, and what the future may look like - Brown passed away peacefully last month

C+D rounds up the best columns Dr Malcolm E. Brown wrote for us, covering the span of pharmacy’s history, current issues, and what the future may look like...

GPhC proposes authorisation reforms in new consultationhttps://vist.ly/4i2keThe GPhC said the consultation will “support...
18/12/2025

GPhC proposes authorisation reforms in new consultation

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The GPhC said the consultation will “support the implementation” of upcoming reforms that will allow pharmacy technicians to dispense prescriptions

General Pharmaceutical Council

The GPhC said the consultation will “support the implementation” of upcoming reforms that will allow pharmacy technicians to dispense prescriptions.

Pharmacy tech training changes could cost £150m, CCA warnshttps://vist.ly/4iz7sThe CCA has said raising the minimum qual...
18/12/2025

Pharmacy tech training changes could cost £150m, CCA warns

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The CCA has said raising the minimum qualification level for pharmacy technicians “will exacerbate workforce shortages” and cost employers and the government millions

Company Chemists' Association - CCA

The CCA has said raising the minimum qualification level for pharmacy technicians “will exacerbate workforce shortages” and cost employers and the government millions.

With great sadness, C+D regular columnist Dr Malcolm Brown has passed awayhttps://vist.ly/4ivzxIn his final column 'A Vi...
17/12/2025

With great sadness, C+D regular columnist Dr Malcolm Brown has passed away

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In his final column 'A Victorian chemist’s corking Christmas mixture' which includes an obituary and editors note on Malcolm, he looks at the concoction a pharmacist in Dickensian England would give to a young boy with a hollow cough on Christmas Eve

What concoction would a pharmacist in Dickensian England give to a young boy with a hollow cough on Christmas Eve?

‘Robust procedures’ needed before supervision reforms in 21 dayshttps://vist.ly/4ivraThe PDA has called for a “mandated ...
17/12/2025

‘Robust procedures’ needed before supervision reforms in 21 days

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The PDA has called for a “mandated requirement” that all pharmacy owners have “robust procedures” in place before implementing “absent-authorisation provision” next month

The PDA has called for a “mandated requirement” that all pharmacy owners have “robust procedures” in place before implementing “absent-authorisation provision” next month.

Newly qualified and nervy? Or ready to dispense?https://vist.ly/4ivkqEither way, as the November GPhC results are releas...
17/12/2025

Newly qualified and nervy? Or ready to dispense?

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Either way, as the November GPhC results are released, pharmacist Nabeel Syed shares invaluable early learnings from his first year of practice

Either way, as the November GPhC results are released, pharmacist Nabeel Syed shares invaluable early learnings from his first year of practice...

ASA weight loss jab ad triple ban for ‘targeting body insecurities’https://vist.ly/4iuubThe ASA has banned weight loss i...
17/12/2025

ASA weight loss jab ad triple ban for ‘targeting body insecurities’

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The ASA has banned weight loss injection ads from three online pharmacies for “targeting body insecurities” and “promoting” prescription-only medicines

The ASA has banned a number of weight loss ads for targeting body insecurities, post-baby weight, and promoting POMs on socials.

Pharmacy in Person with Sohaib Ashrafhttps://vist.ly/4iuqiGSK senior health outcomes manager Sohaib Ashraf sits down wit...
17/12/2025

Pharmacy in Person with Sohaib Ashraf

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GSK senior health outcomes manager Sohaib Ashraf sits down with C+D clinical and customs editor Nana Ofori-Atta to talk about industry, health economics, and the role pharmacists can play in pharma

Pharma

It was precisely ten years ago today that a chilling announcement sent a shiver through the sector. asks, can community...
17/12/2025

It was precisely ten years ago today that a chilling announcement sent a shiver through the sector. asks, can community pharmacy exorcise its ghosts and embrace the future?



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It haunts us like the ghost of pharmacy past. A single day, exactly a decade ago, when the government dealt the sector in England a chilling blow which continues to send shivers down its spine.

NI pharmacist suspended after Universal Credit fraudhttps://vist.ly/4iuczThe PSNI has suspended a pharmacist who receive...
17/12/2025

NI pharmacist suspended after Universal Credit fraud

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The PSNI has suspended a pharmacist who received an overpayment of £52,000 after giving “false” information on a Universal Credit application

The PSNI has suspended a pharmacist who received an overpayment of £52,000 after giving “false” information on a Universal Credit application.

Warning after dispensing opioid instead of morning after pillhttps://vist.ly/4iucvA responsible pharmacist has been issu...
17/12/2025

Warning after dispensing opioid instead of morning after pill

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A responsible pharmacist has been issued a warning after she “incorrectly dispensed” an opioid medicine instead of emergency contraception, the regulator has revealed

A responsible pharmacist has been issued a warning after she “incorrectly dispensed” an opioid medicine instead of emergency contraception, the regulator has revealed.

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Chemist+Druggist (C+D) has proudly been providing the latest news and analysis to the UK’s community pharmacists and pharmacy staff for 160 years.

A weekly print magazine until 2016, C+D is now a digital-first publication, covering everything from breaking news and in-depth features, to CPD modules, interactive investigations and podcasts.

Our audience has grown with us – we are now read by an average of 114,400 unique users each month.

The C+D brand has also grown, and now encompasses an industry leading jobs website, the annual C+D Awards, and C+D Data – an essential database of around 100,000 pharmacy products. Meanwhile, the monthly Price List book and biannual Guide to OTC and Diagnostics remain essential resources to have at hand in your pharmacy.