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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...

Diabetes drug sitagliptin ‘could stop miscarriages’

Diabetic drug sitagliptin could also be repurposed as the first line of treatment to prevent miscarriages by targeting the lining of the womb, according...