BREAKING: Pharmacist sentenced to prison for supplying £280K worth drugs on black market
A Dudley-pharmacist has received 28 months in prison sentence at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Monday for illegally supplying Class B and Class C controlled drugs...
RPS launches new post approval service for consultant pharmacists
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) today launched a new centralised post approval service for NHS consultant pharmacists in England and Wales.
Outlined in the new...
Give out e-cigarette starter kits to help quitters, report recommends
E-cigarette starter packs should be made available to smokers for free to encourage them to quit, a joint report by two leading anti-tobacco groups...
Rishi Solan appointed to MedTate board of directors
London-based nutraceutical firm MedTate has appointed lawyer Rishi Solan to the company’s board of directors.
Solan, an experienced finance lawyer by profession, currently practises in...
Ground-breaking collaboration to offer new heart disease drug to NHS patients
The government on Monday announced a collaboration with Novartis to launch a clinical trial for 'yet to be approved' drug inclisiran.
The drug could benefit...
NHS England campaign encourages older people to get mental health support
NHS England, in partnership with Age UK, today announced a new campaign to encourage older people access treatment for mental health conditions.
This is in...
CMC urges government to review medical cannabis policy
The Centre for Medical Cannabis (CMC) today called on the government to urgently review policy relating to medical cannabis access as a new survey...
Flu vaccination: NICE quality standard recommends pharmacists to notify GPs on time
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new quality standard that covers increasing the uptake of flu vaccination among...
Over 114K patients benefit from same-day appointments via CPCS
A total of 114,275 with minor illnesses or urgent medication needs have received same-day pharmacist referrals so far, the Department of Health and Social...
Strides in lung cancer lead steep decline in U.S. death rates
Cancer death rates in the United States fell 2.2 per cent from 2016 to 2017 - the largest single-year drop ever recorded - fueled in...
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