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Underfunded contract stops owners paying locums the going rate

Nick Kaye says that while locums should get the rates they ask for, contractual funding is a barrier

15 Aug 2022

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MHRA approves first bivalent Covid booster jab

New Moderna jab protects against Omicron as well as original 2020 variant

15 Aug 2022

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‘Drug shortages are worse than ever – it’s taking up valuable time’

Shortages are worsening and getting harder to predict, says contractor Waqas Ahmad

12 Aug 2022

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Dementia linked with hypothyroidism

Study finds a marked association between the two conditions among older people

12 Aug 2022

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PDA: Scottish health secretary should get tough on pharmacy closures

Scotland needs to implement a 'regime of financial sanctions' for repeat offenders, says PDA

11 Aug 2022

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Over 10% of patients not receiving valproate cards from pharmacies

Safety requirements for sodium valproate still not being met, says NHS England

11 Aug 2022

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Diabetes prescriptions on the rise in England, latest figures reveal

Data shows 60.3 million items were prescribed in 2021-22 compared with 57.9 million in 2020-21

11 Aug 2022

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London children to be offered polio boosters as UKHSA declares incident

Poliovirus has been identified in a number of London boroughs.

10 Aug 2022

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Stocks of insulin product run out while MHRA recalls eye drop batch

Stocks of Insuman Comb 50 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges have been exhausted.

10 Aug 2022

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NHSE: No plans to make monkeypox vaccines available to pharmacies

There were 2,914 confirmed and 103 “highly probable” monkeypox cases in the UK as of August 8.

10 Aug 2022

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New guidance says adolescents only need one dose of HPV vaccine

A single dose as good as two, says JCVI as it publishes new recommendation

09 Aug 2022

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Health board in talks with Lloyds about ‘failures’ in Aberdeen branch

Patients reportedly waiting several hours to collect medicines from Westhill branch of LloydsPharmacy

09 Aug 2022

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Cold snaps more deadly than heatwaves

Cold snaps kill about 75 times more people, new research finds

08 Aug 2022

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MHRA warns companies against online advertising of Kenalog injections

Kenalog injections are not licensed for the treatment of hay fever in the UK

08 Aug 2022

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Osteoarthritis increases risk of long-term co-morbidities

OA associated with many and varied comorbidities, new research indicates

05 Aug 2022

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PDA chair expresses concern at government interference in RPS

Koziol questions whether the RPS can effectively scrutinise and oppose government proposals in future

05 Aug 2022

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