Health & NHS news

Education & training · 11 Apr 2024 · 1 Min NHS invests £1.5m in boosting London placements for MPharm students

Clinical services · 08 Apr 2024 · 2 Min Health board funds childhood antibiotics expansion to Pharmacy First Scotland

Public health · 05 Apr 2024 · 1 Min NPA chair: Prescription charge rise is ‘shameful neglect of working people’

Cancer & palliative care · 04 Apr 2024 · 2 Min Suspected cancer referral scheme rolled out across UK pharmacies

Policy · 04 Apr 2024 · 2 Min ‘Tax on the vulnerable’: Prescription charge to rise to £9.90 from May

Immunizations · 27 Mar 2024 · 2 Min MMR vaccine service being piloted from 28 pharmacies in the North West

Business environment · 26 Mar 2024 · 1 Min Public access to pharmacy services remains good despite closures, pharmacy inquiry told

Public health · 25 Mar 2024 · 1 Min Rowlands MD: Pharmacy First will only continue if contract funding improves

Headache and migraine · 22 Mar 2024 · 3 Min Give pharmacies a role in prescribing anti-migraine drugs, says Tory MP

Policy · 14 Mar 2024 · 1 Min Scottish patients worse off for axing prescription charges, Leadsom suggests

Immunizations · 12 Mar 2024 · 1 Min October start date for over-65s national flu jab programme

Public health · 12 Mar 2024 · 1 Min NHSE reminds people in West Midlands, Gtr Manchester and London to get MMR jab

Cardiovascular · 11 Mar 2024 · 1 Min Fewer than half of public aware of pharmacy blood pressure checks, NHS warns

Public health · 11 Mar 2024 · 1 Min Tory MP urges Leadsom to help pharmacist open dental practice in Southend

Cancer & palliative care · 29 Feb 2024 · 1 Min Slow progress with cancer pilots

Financial Management & Funding · 28 Feb 2024 · 1 Min London LPC to launch NHS-funded self care scheme in coming months

Cardiovascular · 27 Feb 2024 · 1 Min ICS works with digital start-up on pharmacist-led hypertension programme

Public health · 26 Feb 2024 · 1 Min Sigma conference: Inquiry is considering generic substitution to solve shortages