Health & NHS news

Gastrointestinal · 17 Dec 2024 · 2 Min Coeliac UK alarmed by Leics ICB move to halt gluten-free scripts

Child health · 16 Dec 2024 · 2 Min Puberty blockers ban to last ‘indefinitely’

Public health · 12 Dec 2024 · 1 Min CCA: Expand Pharmacy First to build on pharmacists’ antibiotics role

Policy · 10 Dec 2024 · 1 Min 10 Year Plan offers opportunity to put pharmacy on sustainable footing says GPhC

Medicines · 05 Dec 2024 · 1 Min Latest figures show rise in antidepressant items prescribed

Policy · 04 Dec 2024 · 1 Min Labour’s 10-year plan can establish pharmacy as cornerstone of local health

Policy · 03 Dec 2024 · 1 Min Fix funding so pharmacies can help support 10 Year Health Plan says CCA

Public health · 02 Dec 2024 · 2 Min Primary care in Northern Ireland will collapse, bodies warn health minister

Immunizations · 29 Nov 2024 · 2 Min Pharmacies can reverse “worrying” decline in vaccine uptake

Public health · 26 Nov 2024 · 2 Min BMA vote to end pharmacy blood pressure checks ‘terribly short-sighted’

Pharmacy team · 26 Nov 2024 · 1 Min Pharmacies asked to get patients to feedback on Pharmacy First

Pharmacy team · 22 Nov 2024 · 1 Min Hancock blames NHSE for community pharmacy’s initial Covid life assurance exclusion

Immunizations · 21 Nov 2024 · 2 Min NHS England seeks views on central procurement of flu jabs

Public health · 19 Nov 2024 · 2 Min PAGB study finds ‘significant room for improvement’ in self-care awareness

Preventative medicine · 12 Nov 2024 · 2 Min NHS announces return of varenicline 3 years after Champix recall

Medication safety · 11 Nov 2024 · 2 Min Scottish nurse died after buying Mounjaro from online pharmacy

Women's health · 07 Nov 2024 · 2 Min NICE updates menopause guideline

Public health · 06 Nov 2024 · 1 Min Obesity prevalence among reception age children in England on the rise