Tag: Department of Health and Social Care
Supply of GLP-1 RAs not expected to return to normal until the end of 2024, says DHSC
Clinicians have been instructed to avoid prescribing GLP-1 receptor agonists for off-label indications
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued an...
Two more products added to the DND list
This is done to ensure that pharmacies are not faced with dispensing these products at a loss
FreeStyle Libre 3 Sensors and Budesonide 500microgram...
CDCs helping speed up diagnosis of illnesses like cancer and heart disease, says Victoria Atkins
More than 6 million tests, scans and health checks carried out at local diagnostic centres (CDCs) across England since were first introduced in July...
NHS England begins at-home testing for chronic kidney disease
The Healthy.io early detection device is expected to help detect 1,300 cases of undiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD) over the coming months.
 Thousands of...
Number of community pharmacists up by almost 4,500 in five years, DHSC reveals
The number of students accepted on Mpharm courses in England has also increased by more than 24 per cent in five years
The number of...
DHSC publishes 2024 Voluntary Scheme agreement text
The new VPAG scheme will save the NHS £14 billion over five years in medicines costs Â
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)...