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Public health · 18 Sep 2024 · 1 Min Children receiving both MMR doses falls to lowest level since 2011
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Policy · 16 Sep 2024 · 1 Min Darzi understates pharmacy contract cuts but government must heed his warnings
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Public health · 12 Sep 2024 · 1 Min Pharmacies can help ‘broken’ NHS but are struggling on few resources, warns Lord Darzi
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Prescribing · 05 Sep 2024 · 1 Min Use effective contraception, MHRA tells male valproate patients
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Practice · 04 Sep 2024 · 2 Min ‘National shortage’ left pharmacist unable to give correct EpiPen dose in fatal case
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Clinical services · 02 Sep 2024 · 3 Min CPE: NHS failing to publicise Pharmacy First as it raises payment threshold
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Cancer & palliative care · 29 Aug 2024 · 2 Min Removing VAT from sunscreens could cut cancer costs and save lives
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Digital & technology · 20 Aug 2024 · 2 Min CCA: Government must ‘closely examine’ Blair Institute patient record plans
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Public health · 20 Aug 2024 · 2 Min Gonorrhoea diagnoses in England hits highest number in 105 years
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Services · 19 Aug 2024 · 2 Min NHS confirms staggered launch dates for 2024-25 pharmacy flu campaign
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People · 19 Aug 2024 · 2 Min GP strike action impacting Pharmacy First communications
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Sustainability · 13 Aug 2024 · 2 Min Pharmacy inhaler disposal pilot boosts return rates by 300pc
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Medicines · 08 Aug 2024 · 1 Min Diabetes items prescribed in England rose by 21 million between 2016 and 2024
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Immunizations · 06 Aug 2024 · 1 Min NHS to select 50 pharmacies for early pilot of RSV jab enhanced service
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Immunizations · 01 Aug 2024 · 3 Min All adult vaccinations should be advanced pharmacy services, says think-tank
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Financial · 01 Aug 2024 · 2 Min Pressure on pharmacies will increase because of GPs’ industrial action
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Regulations · 29 Jul 2024 · 3 Min Lib Dem MP blasts ‘perverse’ NHS decisions on pharmacy market entry
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Child health · 29 Jul 2024 · 2 Min Labour: ‘Simply not possible’ for pharmacists to police puberty blocker prescriptions
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