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One in five adults living with diabetes or prediabetes

The UK is facing a ‘hidden health crisis’, charity warns.

06 Feb 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Labour peer: Government is ‘acting on’ GPs unwilling to refer to Pharmacy First

Baroness Merron said NHS England is working closely with integrated care boards, GPs and community pharmacy to improve referrals.

05 Feb 2025 , 1 Min Article

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700,000 women to take part in AI trial to tackle breast cancer

Government launches EDITH breast cancer trial and calls for evidence to support new National Cancer Plan.

04 Feb 2025 , 1 Min Article

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MHRA consults on guidance for mRNA cancer vaccines

The MHRA has launched a consultation on regulatory guidance for individualised mRNA cancer immunotherapies (cancer vaccines).

04 Feb 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Promising start for RSV vaccination programme

The new maternal Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine rolled out in September saw more than one in three women giving birth during the month receiving the jab.

30 Jan 2025 , 2 Min Article

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NPA: GPhC failing to address safety risks of online weight loss drugs supply

The National Pharmacy Association said “tougher regulation” is needed “amid a prediction of a new year’s boom in demand."

27 Jan 2025 , 2 Min Article

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MHRA: We investigate and act when intelligence on medicines hoarding comes in

MHRA interim executive director James Pound said: "We proactively take action as information and intelligence is shared with us.”

24 Jan 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy First consultations up 10pc in week before Christmas

Pharmacy First providing NHS access for patients at times when they are unable to go elsewhere, says CCA.

15 Jan 2025 , 1 Min Article

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GP landlords close health centre-based pharmacy in Exeter

GP landlords at South Lawn Medical Practice and The Heavitree Practice closed a branch of Allied Pharmacies in a health centre.

15 Jan 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Scotland flu hospital admissions rise as pharmacies struggle to access vaccines

Community Pharmacy Scotland urged the government to involve community pharmacy in national flu vaccine strategy planning much earlier.

07 Jan 2025 , 1 Min Article

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First Independent Prescriber Pathfinder pharmacy goes live with CLEO SOLO

Well Pharmacy in Keighley first Independent Prescriber Pathfinder site to test system which will allow pharmacists to generate prescriptions via EPS.

17 Dec 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Coeliac UK alarmed by Leics ICB move to halt gluten-free scripts

Charity condemns Leicestershire and Rutland ICB decision to withdraw gluten-free scripts for people with coeliac disease from February 2025.

17 Dec 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Puberty blockers ban to last ‘indefinitely’

Streeting says ban will made indefinite as current guidance poses 'unacceptable' risk.

16 Dec 2024 , 2 Min Article

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CCA: Expand Pharmacy First to build on pharmacists’ antibiotics role

The Company Chemists' Association's report said pharmacists were only supplying antibiotics when appropriate.

12 Dec 2024 , 1 Min Article

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10 Year Plan offers opportunity to put pharmacy on sustainable footing says GPhC

Equipping pharmacies to respond to a shift in care from hospitals to communities will be a vital, says regulator.

10 Dec 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Latest figures show rise in antidepressant items prescribed

Between July and September this year, 23 million antidepressant items were prescribed to about 6.9 million patients.

05 Dec 2024 , 1 Min Article

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