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Yvette Cooper takes over top health post

Yvette Cooper will take over as health and social care secretary, replacing the previous, short-lived post holder James Murray. In the recent reshuffle following the appointment of Andy Burnham as prime minister, Cooper takes the top health departme

July 21st 2026

NHSE did not consider dispensing GPs in meningitis vaccination programme

NHS England has admitted that dispensing doctors were not considered as a specific group for delivery of the one-off Meningitis B vaccination program commissioned exclusively from community pharmacies. The admission comes as a new survey by the Nati

July 21st 2026

Rural ICBs to trial single national formulary

At least eight rural ICBs will be the first to implement the new Single National Formulary, NHS England has announced The briefing announces that four therapy areas will be subject to the new standardised categorisation system in a 13 ICB trial by D

July 17th 2026

July 13th 2026

DDA renews call for EPS funding after new dispensing fee analysis

Continual assertions by the DHSC that the dispensing fee covers expenses such as the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) are wearing thin, the DDA has said in light of new dispensing fee analysis. Across Great Britain, GP negotiators have made eff

June 29th 2026

Dispensing practice exclusion raised by thought-leader

An e-letter from health commentator Roy Lilley raises questions whether dispensing GPs were considered in the planning of the new Meningitis B vaccination programme. In this, he asks: “Were the needs of patients who receive th

June 4th 2026

New Welsh chiefs pledge support for rural areas and GPs

In their first speeches to the Welsh Senedd, the Plaid Cymru first minister and Cabinet health minster have pledged support for rural areas, and for GPs. First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth told the Senedd that his ambition was that people in rural Wale