Dispensing

Business environment,

Labour consults on plans to give pharmacies “fairer” reimbursement

The government said expanding the scope of its data collection on medicines will also help mitigate shortages.

13 Feb 2026 , 1 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding,

Pharmacies should stop dispensing loss-making medicines

Contractor Ashley Cohen said the measure could be “a nuclear button" but insisted pharmacists should not “subsidise the NHS drugs bill”.

23 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding,

Government must align pharmacies’ dispensing payments with wholesaler bills

National Pharmacy Association chair Olivier Picard wrote to health minister Stephen Kinnock this week.

12 Dec 2025 , 2 Min Article

Business environment,

Large-scale automated dispensing hub opened to independent pharmacies today

HubRx, which operates hub, said it will dispense over 12 million items for independents every year.

29 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding,

MP passes allegations Jhoots claimed for medicines not dispensed to NHS fraud body

Labour MP Sadik Al-Hassan told the NHS Counter Fraud Authority about “alleged irregularities in claims for NHS drug dispensing”.

20 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding,

Profit pharmacies in England earn on dispensing is £430m short, claims CCA

The Company Chemists’ Association called on Labour to explore a shared margin system across UK.

24 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

Policy,

Government launches consultation on dispensing flexibilities for pharmacists

The proposal is to give pharmacists the power to supply a different strength, formulation or quantity of a prescription medicine when it is unavailable.

18 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

People,

Pharmacist who dispensed generic POMs against branded scripts warned by GPhC

Christian Charles Logue dispensed generic POMs when a branded version was prescribed and supplied lorazepam tablets at double the prescribed strength.

26 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

People,

Pharmacist who dispensed for online prescriber without conducting safety checks warned

Sajid Khan Rasool did not check if there were written prescribing procedures in place and if the online service recorded clinical interventions.

15 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

People,

Pharmacist who dispensed two brands without SSP and committed CD breach warned

Christopher Serhat Ulus dispensed Medikinet 5mg tablets and Tranquilyn 5mg tablets against a prescription for Medikinet 5mg tablets without an SSP.

11 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

Business environment,

Number of prescription items dispensed in England increases to 1.26 billion

The most dispensed drug in 2024-25 was Atorvastatin with 73 million items, according to data from the NHS Business Services Authority.

05 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

Business,

Independents dispense 70 per cent more items as shrinking multiples 'diversify'

Data points to a vast gap in prescription items between independents and multiples

13 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding,

CPCF: Minister ‘hopes’ no pharmacy will be dispensing at a loss by 2026

'We want contractors to get the best possible value for money,' Kinnock tells P3pharmacy

31 Mar 2025 , 2 Min Article

Regulations,

Pharmacies may need to amend dispensing processes with January introduction of OPD

CPE warns that pharmacies may need to amend dispensing processes with the introduction of OPD for NHS prescriptions in January.

03 Dec 2024 , 1 Min Article

Contract,

Labour clueless about number of pharmacies dispensing at a loss

Pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock said he does not know how many pharmacies have dispensed at a loss in each of the last three years.

23 Oct 2024 , 1 Min Article

Policy,

Pharmacists will have option of original pack dispensing from January

Pharmacists in England will be able to dispense up to 10 per cent more or less than the quantity prescribed for NHS prescriptions.

09 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Labour consults on plans to give pharmacies “fairer” reimbursement

Pharmacies should stop dispensing loss-making medicines

Government must align pharmacies’ dispensing payments with wholesaler bills

Large-scale automated dispensing hub opened to independent pharmacies today

MP passes allegations Jhoots claimed for medicines not dispensed to NHS fraud body

Profit pharmacies in England earn on dispensing is £430m short, claims CCA

Government launches consultation on dispensing flexibilities for pharmacists

Pharmacist who dispensed generic POMs against branded scripts warned by GPhC

Pharmacist who dispensed for online prescriber without conducting safety checks warned

Pharmacist who dispensed two brands without SSP and committed CD breach warned

Number of prescription items dispensed in England increases to 1.26 billion

Independents dispense 70 per cent more items as shrinking multiples 'diversify'

CPCF: Minister ‘hopes’ no pharmacy will be dispensing at a loss by 2026

Pharmacies may need to amend dispensing processes with January introduction of OPD

Labour clueless about number of pharmacies dispensing at a loss

Pharmacists will have option of original pack dispensing from January