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Recovering drug addict slams ‘alarmist’ claims on methadone treatment in Gateshead
By Herbert Soden, Local Democracy Reporter
A recovering drug addict has spoken out following shock claims made about people collecting methadone from Low Fell pharmacies.
This comes...
National Covid-19 antibody surveillance programme launched
A national Covid-19 antibody surveillance programme has been launched by the UK Health Security Agency to collect data to build the government’s understanding of...
August 2021 price concessions announced
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has granted the following price concessions for August 2021:
Drug
Pack size
Price Concession
Etoricoxib 90mg tablets
28
£7.29
Ivabradine 5mg tablets
56
£12.19
Ivabradine 7.5mg...
UK orders 35m more Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jabs
Britain has ordered 35 million more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to prepare for booster shots and to counter any new variants.
"While we continue to...
AstraZeneca hails Covid treatment trial results
Drug firm AstraZeneca on Friday announced positive results from a trial of a treatment for Covid-19 symptoms.
The drug, made from a combination of two...
Covid-19 prevalence drops to one in 80: ONS
The prevalence of Covid-19 infections in England was around one in 80 people in the week ending Aug 14, the Office for National Statistics...