NHS

PSNC 'very close' to agreeing funding for next year

Simon Dukes has provided an update on progress on the first annual contract review, with six weeks to go to the new financial year.

A new bill set before Parliament today aims to extend prescribing powers to more health professions.

The ability of the NHS in England to deliver the Long term Plan is called into question.

Alcohol consumption was the biggest cause of more than 350,000 hospital admissions in 2018-19.

A public campaign has been launched to advise people on how to protect themselves from infection from the coronavirus.

North East London LPC is holding elections to decide the pharmacist leads for all 40 primary care networks in the area.

PSNC has today issued resupply updates for five medicines that have been affected by shortages in recent months.

NHS will conduct trials of as yet unlicensed inclisiran in bid to cut deaths from heart disease.

There hasn’t been much in the press about independent pharmacist prescribers who are vital to the NHS.

Boris Johnson said the NHS will be the “top priority” for his government after the Conservative's sweeping victory.

Capacity and workforce are not covered in any contract framework but they could be the next big problems for the sector.

The rules of a GP practice are different to those in a pharmacy. Community pharmacists need to be aware of this.

PSNC chief Simon Dukes reminds pharmacists unhappy with the five-year deal not to forget about annual reviews.

Researchers say the NMS will save the NHS in England £651m and give patients almost 300,000 ‘quality adjusted life years’.

The Department of Health and Social Care published the second concessions list for November on Friday.

Local politics is just as dysfunctional as pharmacy politics, says former NPA board member Mike Hewitson.

Former NPA board member Mike Hewitson has called on the government to tighten its regulation of pharmaceutical wholesalers.

The UK leads on early stage clinical trials but falls behind Germany and the US when it comes to later-stage research.

The Help Us Help You winter campaign returns and distribution of campaign materials has begun.

The government has failed to use its Brexit preparations to solve some longer-term issues on medicines supply.