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MPs panel wants weight-loss drugs to be more accessible

Obesity & Weight Management

MPs panel wants weight-loss drugs to be more accessible

The Health and Social Care Committee wants obesity to be reframed as a chronic, relapsing condition with life-long physiological impacts

Sophie Julian

Opinion

Is the workforce ready for independent prescribing?

Six months after the Nuffield Trust’s identified barriers to the growth of independent prescribing, Sophie Julian, one of the report’s authors, reflects on what’s happened since then, and how this impacts prescribers in community pharmacy.

Sophie Julian

Shilpa Shah

Opinion

Judging the Pharmacy Business Awards: what we learned

Head Judge for the Pharmacy Business Awards 2026, Shilpa Shah, Chief Executive of Community Pharmacy North East London, tells us about some of the people she met and their work during the selections this year.

Shilpa Shah

Community pharmacy's newest prescribers: from qualification to confident practice

Features

Community pharmacy's newest prescribers: qualification to confident practice

Newly qualified prescribing pharmacists have the opportunity to be supported by a Pharmacist Enhanced Practice Pathway. Helen Middleton, regional lead for primary care education (London and South East) at CPPE, outlines what this offers for both employers and prescribers.

Helen Middleton