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Supplies of some hormone replacement therapies will be resupplied earlier than expected, following a decision to fast-track their manufacture.
10/12/2019
Pharmacy Research UK and Diabetes UK have joined forces to provide funding for research exploring the role of pharmacy in diabetes care.
10/12/2019
The Liberal Democrats have said their policy is to give pharmacists write access to patient’s medical records in advance of the general election, on 12 December 2019.
10/12/2019
Almost half of pharmacists who responded to a survey on workforce wellbeing said they worry about making mistakes or providing a poor-quality service to their patients.
09/12/2019
The proportion of pharmacists working in primary care has increased by five percentage points in the past six years, according to a survey by the General Pharmaceutical Council.
09/12/2019
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is considering whether to take “further action” after metformin products were recalled in Singapore over reports of contamination.
09/12/2019
The General Pharmaceutical Society will continue the accreditation of training courses of pharmacy support staff, following responses to a consultation in which it proposed to drop this role.
06/12/2019
Well Pharmacy is expecting to fulfil six in ten of its repeat prescriptions from a central dispensing hub following a year-long rollout to hundreds of its pharmacies in the UK.
06/12/2019
A number of pharmacy graduates who sat the September 2019 preregistration exam have sent “abusive” and “unprofessional” feedback to exam board members, it has emerged.
06/12/2019
GP practices will soon be able to electronically book patients for a consultation with their local pharmacist, as part of an ongoing scheme for patient referrals.
06/12/2019
Switching patients who use metered-dose inhalers, which contain hydrofluoroalkane propellants, to cheaper, more environmentally friendly alternatives could lead to major cost savings, as well as reduced NHS greenhouse gas emissions.
06/12/2019
Benzodiazepines and Z-drugs are prescribed more frequently in areas of greater socioeconomic deprivation, a study published in Family Practice has shown.
05/12/2019
A new class of sleep medicines, could provide relief for people living with insomnia, but pharmaceutical companies are struggling to get them to market.
05/12/2019
Generics manufacturers have called for European leaders to move drugs manufacturing out of India and China to provide stability to help stabilise the medicines supply chain.
05/12/2019
Recommending the use of e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or new heated tobacco products to smokers instead of conventional cigarettes, is just “replacing a very harmful product with a less, but still harmful, product”, the European Respiratory Society has said.
05/12/2019
Results from a survey of almost 8,200 adults has found that more than 40% of adults in England are living with at least one long-term medical condition.
04/12/2019
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee is considering whether a quarterly margins survey would provide an “overall smoother delivery of margin” for community pharmacy.
04/12/2019
There is a lack of high-quality evidence supporting the use of cannabinoids in the treatment of mental disorders, the authors of a meta-analysis published in the Lancet Psychiatry have concluded.
04/12/2019
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and Local Pharmaceutical Committees will undergo an independent review to ensure that they are making make the most of their representation and support for community pharmacy contractors.
03/12/2019
More than half of all hospital admissions for drug misuse poisoning in England are related to opioids other than heroin, figures from NHS Digital have shown.
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