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NHS Borders, one of 14 health boards in NHS Scotland, said prescription medicines cost it more than £30 million annually.
21 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article
Bill Scott, who was chief pharmaceutical officer for Scotland for 22 years from 1993 to 2014, died last month aged 76.
12 Aug 2025 , 2 Min Article
The number of prescriptions written by independent prescriber community optometrists and sent for dispensing in pharmacies is set to rise.
05 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article
Andrew Robertson, 40, reacted aggressively at a branch of Numark when told his weekly prescription was a day late. he will be sentenced on August 22.
01 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article
Phoenix said the new depot will allow it to serve its customers "with even greater efficiency” in Scotland.
20 May 2025 , 1 Min Article
Independent prescriber Victoria Lang noticed the patient was unwell and became more concerned after going through their medical history.
14 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article
NHSGGC said 10,000 medicines are thrown away every day because they are not needed or have not been taken.
02 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article
Harry McQuillan, however, cautioned any expansion must be underpinned by funding.
28 Jan 2025 , 1 Min Article
Tauqeer Azam, 41, was found guilty of conducting an inappropriate examination of a 19-year-old woman in a pharmacy in June 2023.
21 Jan 2025 , 1 Min Article
Community Pharmacy Scotland urged the government to involve community pharmacy in national flu vaccine strategy planning much earlier.
07 Jan 2025 , 1 Min Article
Numark chairman Harry McQuillan paid tribute to the Scottish government after it increased pharmacies' global sum.
03 Oct 2024 , 1 Min Article
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said pharmacists must be allowed to choose whether or not to help terminally ill people die.
28 Aug 2024 , 2 Min Article
Numark chairman Harry McQuillan says pharmacies must be part of vaccination delivery plans – but they need support.
28 Aug 2024 , 3 Min Article
It is unclear why the community pharmacy network is not involved in the country's respiratory syncytial virus vaccine programme.
14 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article
The vaccine is available to pregnant women who are 28 weeks into their pregnancy and those aged 75 to 79.
13 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article
Pharmacists who do not want to supply drugs to help terminally ill patients die could opt out.
05 Aug 2024 , 2 Min Article
