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Figures by the NHS Business Services Authority show Atorvastatin was the most dispensed medicine in terms of volume in 2025-26.
23 Jun 2026
The statin is the most dispensed medicine since 2016-17, while 78 million items were dispensed in 2025-26.
04 Jun 2026
Andrew George alleged some chains were falsely telling patients “those medicines are unavailable” but did not name any chains.
03 Jun 2026
The Department of Health and Social Care told ICP that dispensing at a loss was “not a valid reason for refusing to dispense".
22 May 2026
NPA chairman Olivier Picard said it was uncertain if pharmacies would lose their NHS contracts.
20 May 2026
Forty-four per cent of 1,220 adults who took part in the YouGov survey said dispensing was most important.
15 Apr 2026
The government said expanding the scope of its data collection on medicines will also help mitigate shortages.
13 Feb 2026
Contractor Ashley Cohen said the measure could be “a nuclear button" but insisted pharmacists should not “subsidise the NHS drugs bill”.
23 Jan 2026
National Pharmacy Association chair Olivier Picard wrote to health minister Stephen Kinnock this week.
12 Dec 2025
HubRx, which operates hub, said it will dispense over 12 million items for independents every year.
29 Oct 2025
Labour MP Sadik Al-Hassan told the NHS Counter Fraud Authority about “alleged irregularities in claims for NHS drug dispensing”.
20 Oct 2025
The Company Chemists’ Association called on Labour to explore a shared margin system across UK.
24 Sep 2025
The proposal is to give pharmacists the power to supply a different strength, formulation or quantity of a prescription medicine when it is unavailable.
18 Sep 2025
Christian Charles Logue dispensed generic POMs when a branded version was prescribed and supplied lorazepam tablets at double the prescribed strength.
26 Aug 2025
Sajid Khan Rasool did not check if there were written prescribing procedures in place and if the online service recorded clinical interventions.
15 Aug 2025
Christopher Serhat Ulus dispensed Medikinet 5mg tablets and Tranquilyn 5mg tablets against a prescription for Medikinet 5mg tablets without an SSP.
11 Aug 2025
