Prescribing pathfinders: what’s stopping community pharmacy delivering care for long-term conditions?

Nearly 200 community pharmacies participated in NHS England’s independent prescribing (IP) pathfinder project in 2025, delivering a range of services from minor ailments to long-term conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease, as well as support with lipid management, deprescribing and menopause. Figure: Where the pathfinder sites are and what they are exploring The pathfinder programme was set up by NHS England in 2024 to […]