Northern ireland

CPNI tells health committee at Stormont pharmacies need urgent funding increase

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland warned many pharmacists have been defaulting on their wholesaler bills.

07 Mar 2025 , 1 Min Article

Education & training

PSNI opens consultation on proposals to reform education and training

The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland plans to end automatic recognition of pharmacists who trained in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

06 Feb 2025 , 1 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding

Pharmacists warn ministers at Stormont about impact of NI rises

CPNI chief executive Gerard Greene warned pharmacists were “experiencing unrelenting financial pressures over which they have no control.”

30 Jan 2025 , 1 Min Article

Public health

Primary care in Northern Ireland will collapse, bodies warn health minister

Bodies representing pharmacy, GPs, dentists and optometry warned Mike Nesbitt they need protection from national insurance rises.

02 Dec 2024 , 2 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding

Ulster Unionist peer to lead pharmacists for talks with minister

Lord Rogan and a delegation of pharmacists will talk to Northern Ireland office minister Fleur Anderson about pharmacy funding pressures.

20 Nov 2024 , 1 Min Article

Legal

‘Blatant abuse of position’: Diazepam theft pharmacist gets community service

Young pharmacist pleads guilty to unlawful possession and theft of controlled drugs.

20 Nov 2024 , 2 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding

Labour’s Budget will have ‘devastating impact’ on pharmacies in Northern Ireland

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland chief executive Gerard Greene warned the measures will impact pharmacy services.

13 Nov 2024 , 1 Min Article

Policy

Four join Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland's council

Siobhan Caslin, Anne Henderson and Lee Wilson have been appointed as lay members and Michael McGuigan joins as a registrant member.

01 Nov 2024 , 1 Min Article

Regulations

Pharmacist failed to keep records for unlicensed nappy ointment, regulator finds

Antrim pharmacist volunteers to leave the register following FtP hearing

18 Oct 2024 , 1 Min Article

Medicines

Rising drug prices in Northern Ireland ‘grossly unfair and unsustainable’

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland wants a drug tariff specifically for the country as pharmacies continue to close.

06 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding

PSNI delay over fee payments is to ‘detriment’ of pharmacists, warns PDA

The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland said legislation had delayed its introduction of quarterly direct debit fee payments.

14 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

Public health

Pharmacists put their own money in to deal with ‘crisis’ in Northern Ireland

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland board member David McCrea said pharmacists are struggling to pay their wholesale bills.

08 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

Medicines

CPNI tells health committee at Stormont pharmacies need urgent funding increase

PSNI opens consultation on proposals to reform education and training

Pharmacists warn ministers at Stormont about impact of NI rises

Primary care in Northern Ireland will collapse, bodies warn health minister

Ulster Unionist peer to lead pharmacists for talks with minister

‘Blatant abuse of position’: Diazepam theft pharmacist gets community service

Labour’s Budget will have ‘devastating impact’ on pharmacies in Northern Ireland

Four join Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland's council

Pharmacist failed to keep records for unlicensed nappy ointment, regulator finds

Rising drug prices in Northern Ireland ‘grossly unfair and unsustainable’

PSNI delay over fee payments is to ‘detriment’ of pharmacists, warns PDA

Pharmacists put their own money in to deal with ‘crisis’ in Northern Ireland

Clawback must “provide funding certainty” in Northern Ireland, says Phoenix director

Pre-reg delays 'could lead to crisis in NI pharmacies'

Â£10.5m COVID-19 relief funding for NI pharmacies

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Northern Ireland

CPNI tells health committee at Stormont pharmacies need urgent funding increase

PSNI opens consultation on proposals to reform education and training

Pharmacists warn ministers at Stormont about impact of NI rises

Primary care in Northern Ireland will collapse, bodies warn health minister

Ulster Unionist peer to lead pharmacists for talks with minister

‘Blatant abuse of position’: Diazepam theft pharmacist gets community service

Labour’s Budget will have ‘devastating impact’ on pharmacies in Northern Ireland

Four join Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland's council

Pharmacist failed to keep records for unlicensed nappy ointment, regulator finds

Rising drug prices in Northern Ireland ‘grossly unfair and unsustainable’

PSNI delay over fee payments is to ‘detriment’ of pharmacists, warns PDA

Pharmacists put their own money in to deal with ‘crisis’ in Northern Ireland

Clawback must “provide funding certainty” in Northern Ireland, says Phoenix director

Pre-reg delays 'could lead to crisis in NI pharmacies'

Â£10.5m COVID-19 relief funding for NI pharmacies