Policies A-Z

Published: 24 June 2026

Our members deal with many different issues every day, whether working in community, hospital or other pharmacy sectors.

That’s why we’ve created a range of professional guides dealing with legal, ethical and good practice to support you in your day-to-day practice.

Below are all our policies and key issues we’re engaging with.

A

Access to end of life medicines in care homes

Access to medicines

Access to patient health records

Aesthetic practice and pharmacy

Antimicrobial stewardship

Artificial intelligence (AI) in pharmacy

Artificial intelligence, copyright and intellectual property

Assisted dying (under review)

C

Cancer support and community pharmacists

Care homes: Pharmacists improving care in care homes

D

Diabetes policy: Using pharmacists to help improve care for people with type 2 diabetes 

Differential attainment

Digital capabilities for pharmacy workforce

Support for DPPs (pharmacist designated prescribing practitioners)

Drug deaths and the role of pharmacy teams

E

E-cigarettes policy

F

Facilitated self-selection of pharmacy medicines

Fit notes

Flu vaccination service

Future of pharmacy in a sustainable NHS

G

Gender dysphoria and incongruence

GP surgeries: Pharmacists working with/in GP practices

H

Health inequalities

L

Long-term conditions

M

Medicines shortage policy

Medicines shortages: Solutions for empty shelves

Medicines wastage

Mental health and wellbeing: The role of pharmacy (COVID-19 and beyond)

Mental health conditions: Improving care of people in England

Mental health conditions: Improving care of people in Scotland

Multidisciplinary teams in general practice (Wales)

N

New medicine service (NMS)

O

Online pharmacy services

P

Palliative and end of life care

Patient health records

Patient group directions by pharmacy technicians

Pharmacist independent prescribing

Pharmacogenomics

Pharmacy technicians

Prescribing and dispensing by the same healthcare professional (guidance)

Prescribing and dispensing by the same healthcare professional (position statement)

Prescription charges in England

Primary care networks in England

Protected learning time (PLT)

Putting the patient first: how pharmacy can get it right

R

Repeat prescribing position statement (Scotland only)

S

Social prescribing

Strengthening pharmacy governance (supervision)

Structured medication reviews in England

Sustainability

U

Urgent and emergency care

W

Women’s health

Workforce: Improving capacity and culture

Read more about our policy and advocacy work