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Healthwatch England report reveals challenges faced by patients using pharmacies

Patients are receptive to Pharmacy First service, but some challenges must be overcome to achieve its full potential, says Healthwatch England  A recent report from Healthwatch England has highlighted that...

Pharmacy organizations condemn 2.59 % NHS prescription charge hike

Effective from May 1,  pharmacy services and patients to feel the financial burden due to the hike in...

What is Martha’s Rule under the strengthened NHS guidance?

Martha's rule gives special preference to same-sex and transgender patients to request same sex wards and staff under the...

STADA appoints Wolfgang Ollig as Group CFO

STADA, parent company of Yorkshire based pharmaceutical company Thornton & Ross, named Wolfgang Ollig as its new Group Chief Financial Officer. Ollig replaces Mark Keatley...

MHRA drug alert for Finasteride 5mg tablets

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today issued a class 4 drug alert for 30 batches of Finasteride 5mg tablets. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories...

AstraZeneca sells rights of five hypertension medicines to Atnahs

AstraZeneca has announced an agreement with Basildon-based Atnahs Pharma to sell global commercial rights of its established hypertension medicines. Five medicines - Inderal (propranolol), Tenormin...

Lewes MP welcomes move to Pharmacy First model

Maria Caulfield, Conservative MP for Lewes, has welcomed the move to a Pharmacy First model implemented through the community pharmacist consultation service (CPCS). Caulfield, who...

As medicine shortages are found to be a Europe-wide problem, NPA calls for urgent action

Medicines shortages are a growing problem in the UK as well as across Europe, a recent survey has revealed. According to a Pharmaceutical Group of...

Government launches £140m AI award to fast-track innovation

The health secretary has launched a £140 million artificial intelligence (AI) award to fast-track life-saving innovation to the NHS. Companies are being encouraged to bid...

RPS publishes a package of information for pharmacists on Wuhan coronavirus

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has put together a package of information to help pharmacists who are getting asked by patients about the Wuhan...

LloydsPharmacy’s new health check service gains momentum

LloydsPharmacy stores across the UK are now offering a new screening service that encourages patients to be more health aware. The pharmacy chain says it's...

NICE rejects Spravato for treatment-resistant depression; J&J ‘deeply disappointed’

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence today published a draft guidance for public consultation without recommending Johnson & Johnson's nasal spray medicine...

Prostate cancer more commonly diagnosed than breast cancer: PHE

Prostate cancer was the most common cancer diagnosis in 2018, overtaking breast cancer for the first time, according to Public Health England (PHE). The Cancer Registration...

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