Tag: Department of Health and Social Care
Changes to Category A prices: Not the right time to tamper the process, says CPE
Contractors are being informed that prices of medicines in Category A will be updated quarterly from April this yearÂ
The Department of Health and Social...
Over 50 organisations call for government to freeze prescription charges in England
‘People living with long-term health conditions are being forced to choose between heating, eating, and taking their vital medication’
Campaigners have submitted an open...
RPS and PDA respond to DHSC consultation on pharmacy supervision: Read here
Supervision by pharmacy technicians at hospital aseptic facilities should be considered in an entirely separate consultation, PDA said.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and...
EnsiliTech wins £1.7million contract to develop world’s first ‘freezer-free’ mRNA vaccine
Initially, the project will focus on developing a vaccine against Hantaan virus, which is found mostly in Asia and South America.
The UK government...
Menopause symptoms: Half a million women in England benefit from cheaper HRT
The HRT prescription prepayment certificates (PPC) reduced prescription costs to just £19.30 per year.
More than 500,000 women in England have benefitted from cheaper hormone...
Women’s Health priorities for 2024: Menstrual problems, maternity care and more
Professor Dame Lesley Regan has been reappointed as Women’s Health Ambassador for England for a further two years
Period problems, women’s health research and...