Anyone can be susceptible to influenza infection, even if they are in good health. This is why we are supporting the campaign to encourage healthcare professionals to get vaccinated against seasonal...
19 September 2019
We are taking regulatory and enforcement action after identifying significant patient safety concerns in relation to the supply of high-risk habit-forming medicines online.
These patient...
19 September 2019
With this series of Regulate articles, we aim to help pharmacy owners and the pharmacy team to continually improve the services they provide to patients and the public. This month we are...
19 September 2019
We have begun publishing pharmacy inspection reports on a new website after consulting on plans with patients and the public and the pharmacy sector.
The new pharmacy inspections...
19 September 2019
We’ve published an updated version of our publication and disclosure policy [PDF 646 KB] which sets out what information we publish on our website, how we deal with individual requests for...
29 July 2019
A pharmacy professional’s religion, personal values and beliefs can play an important part in their life and make a positive contribution to their work and the care they provide. However, in some...
25 July 2019
All members of the pharmacy team should make sure they follow the MHRA’s Pregnancy Prevention Programme (PPP) for sodium valproate every time it is dispensed.
We spoke to two women whose...
25 July 2019
Online provision of pharmacy services is a rapidly expanding business model where pharmacy services can potentially be delivered over a larger geographic area. Services delivered in this way can...
25 July 2019
We are looking for three new council members – two registrants and one member of the public - to help us achieve our aims of protecting the public and upholding the standards of pharmacy services....
25 July 2019
We are proposing to make changes to the way we set requirements and approve training for pharmacy support staff and we would like to hear your views on the changes via a short survey.
During a...