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The PDA asks Sajid Javid for funding to allow pharmacists to have more detailed talks with patients about their medicines.

Less than half of GP pharmacists in England have had access to the CPPE’s ‘clinical pharmacist’ qualification, the PDA said.

The new recommendations reduce the CVD risk threshold at which treatment for hypertension should be considered.

CPS wants the new MAS to move away from the current model to a more "activity-based" one.

The Department of Health and Social Care has today published the final concessions list for August.

Age UK warns that inappropriate polypharmacy is jeopardising the health and safety of older people. 

Several HRT suppliers are putting “demand management processes” in place in the wake of acute stock shortages.

Portsmouth CCG is the first in the country to have 100 per cent of GP practices able to use the EPS.

Pharmacy fees for the 2019-20 flu vaccination service have increased to £9.58 – an increase of 10p on 2011-19.

Teva has warned that shortages of the epilepsy drug will last a month long longer than previously expected.

Ex-RPS president Ash Soni says £300,000 it received from Health Education England funded pharmacy training in south London.

In a letter to Boris Johnson, health bodies said they were “unable to reassure patients" that Brexit wouldn't affect them.

The Department of Health and Social Care yesterday released the second list of drug price concessions for August.

The Government will consider offering MMR vaccinations in “settings outside of a GP” to improve protection rates.

The RPS has launched the initiative to allow it to “better represent our membership and pharmacists everywhere".

Pharmacist Support is receiving more complex, distressing calls from pharmacists with mental health problems.

The charity has spoken out about the need for funding in the wake of “rocketing” demand for its services.

A leaked Government dossier suggests that medicines would be “vulnerable to severe extended delays”.

“Some participants criticised the lack of hands-on experience," a report on the pilot programme has noted.

The new, personalised service could involve more digital screening and fewer interactions with healthcare professionals.