Health & NHS news

Digital & technology · 26 Jul 2024 · 1 Min Labour to take pharmacy IT resilience ‘seriously’ after CrowdStrike outage

Cardiovascular diseases · 25 Jul 2024 · 1 Min MHRA approves stroke prevention indication for Wegovy

Public health · 24 Jul 2024 · 2 Min Whooping cough on the rise in UK as vaccine coverage declines

OTC · 23 Jul 2024 · 3 Min Exclusive: Public increasingly confident using OTCs turn away from pharmacy?

Policy · 22 Jul 2024 · 2 Min Industry body calls on Government to prioritise self-care to benefit NHS

Medicines · 18 Jul 2024 · 2 Min Nine serious shortage protocols for widely prescribed antipsychotic

Sustainability · 17 Jul 2024 · 1 Min London pharmacies take part in first NHS-funded inhaler recycling scheme

Public health · 17 Jul 2024 · 2 Min GP survey: 7% of nearly 700,000 patients referred to pharmacies in 12 months

Business environment · 12 Jul 2024 · 2 Min Starmer must appoint a medicines tsar to solve shortages, says NPA

Policy · 11 Jul 2024 · 1 Min Labour inherits ‘frightening’ waiting lists as Streeting offers GPs billons

Mental health · 11 Jul 2024 · 2 Min Huge 28 per cent leap in adults prescribed ADHD drugs

People · 10 Jul 2024 · 2 Min Streeting continues to assemble health team with more pro-pharmacy MPs

Screening & diagnostics · 09 Jul 2024 · 1 Min Sector should ‘normalise’ use of home diagnostic kits says Pharmacy2U

Financial Management & Funding · 05 Jul 2024 · 3 Min Welsh negotiator blasts ‘unacceptable’ flat funding deal

Digital & technology · 03 Jul 2024 · 2 Min BMA feuds with NHS over pharmacy record sharing functionality

Women's health · 25 Jun 2024 · 2 Min England needs a national pharmacy EHC service say trade bodies

Public health · 25 Jun 2024 · 2 Min New report reveals people are turning to AI for health advice

Contract · 24 Jun 2024 · 1 Min Final call for pharmacies to complete CPE Advice Audit