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NHSE announces key step in IP pathfinder pilot as EPS rolls out

The 210 pathfinder pharmacies can 'start delivering clinical services' once EPS is rolled out, says NHSE.

29 Aug 2024

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Polypharmacy rates lower in UK than rest of Europe

Rates of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing are lower in the UK than in many European countries, a new analysis has revealed.

29 Jul 2024

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Over 180 Independent Prescribing Pathfinders operating across England

FOI responses reveal the number of pathfinder pharmacies in each ICB region

30 May 2024

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DiCE responds to PDA concerns over online prescribing guidance

“The providers interacting in the DiCE Forum would strongly refute that their service was unprofessional or solely commercially driven."

14 May 2024

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GP pharmacist recruitment linked with ‘better medicines prescribing’

However, higher recruitment of additional roles to surgeries may hurt patient satisfaction

30 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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Nine in 10 people want pharmacists to write prescriptions

Strong public backing for the profession's trajectory in Scotland, an RPS survey finds.

09 Mar 2022

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'Slender majority' backs change to prescriber training rules

Fifty-five per cent of respondents to a GPhC consultation backed scrapping the two-year rule.

08 Mar 2022

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Public take expired medicines, reveals survey     

Forty per cent of consumers admitted they threw away unused medication.

18 Feb 2022

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Wales moves to longer standard prescribing cycles to 'free capacity'

Suitable patients to be moved from 28 day prescribing to 56 days under new guidance.

14 Feb 2022

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Opioid use has fallen in County Durham and Sunderland, campaigners claim

Painkillers Don't Exist said the number of high-strength opioids prescribed has gone down.

06 Dec 2021

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Sodium valproate prescribing update

Two new initiatives have been launched to ensure all women and girls prescribed sodium valproate are fully aware of the risks and understand the importance of using reliable contraception to prevent pregnancy

02 Nov 2021

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Prescription for longevity

Independent prescriber Sunil Kochhar says it’s time to upskill if you want to match the 2026 cohort, who will be the first to register with prescribing rights

12 Oct 2021

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Welsh government presses ahead with ePrescribing

The plans will improve the way patients and healthcare professionals access and manage medicines.

22 Sep 2021

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Ridge review finds 10pc of all prescribed medicines unnecessary

CPhO calls for more openness and greater use of social prescribing to prevent medicines harm.

22 Sep 2021

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New advice for patients switching between levothyroxine products

Small number have reported symptoms consistent with thyroid dysfunction when their tablets were changed to a different product.

21 May 2021

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