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PDA cautiously welcomes ICB guidance on community pharmacy prescribing

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has responded to newly published guidance for Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) on community pharmacy prescribing services in England.

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Inconsistent barcodes increase workload, endangers patients' lives: Survey

Under the Windsor Framework, since 1 January 2025 the use of 2D DataMatrix barcodes on medicines supplied to the UK market has become optional. As a result, barcode use on medicines packaging is becoming increasingly inconsistent.

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NHS should prepare for summers the same way it prepares for winters: Cooper

The Health Secretary also said the urban planners and architects should make sure that the buildings can adapt to heat as well as cold.

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