Government-funded trial will test psilocybin as treatment for opioid use disorder The project is one of four funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research aimed at cutting harm from illegal drugs.…
UK’s first potential norovirus vaccine to be trialled by UK government partnership with Moderna Data show that the norovirus is estimated to cause 3.7 million infections in the UK each year.…
CAR-T infusions delivered to ‘more than 80’ patients in Wales, says NHS Wales The NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee has enabled 100 patients in Wales to receive an advanced therapy medicinal product to date.…
Number of dispensed HRT prescription items increased by a fifth in 2023/2024 NHS Business Services Authority data also show an increase in the number of patients prescribed HRT in England, from 2.3 million in 2022/2023 to 2.6 million in 2023/2024.…
More than 12,000 pharmacies reported as ‘active’ in 2023/2024 after large numbers changed hands NHS Business Services Authority data also show an increase in dispensed prescription items in 2023/2024, up 3% on 2022/2023.…
Nitazenes linked to 179 deaths in 12 months, government data show According to data analysis by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, protonitazene was linked to the most reported deaths — 73 out of 179.…
National pharmacy board meetings: September 2024 An overview of the latest open meetings of the national pharmacy boards.…
Patient safety improvement and medicines waste targeted by repeat prescribing toolkit The Royal Pharmaceutical Society says the new resource is the first national good practice guidance on repeat prescribing published in 20 years.…
Number of independent prescribers rose by 37% in 2023, reveals NHS workforce survey Responses to the annual survey recorded 1,494 full-time equivalent independent prescriber roles, up 37% on the 1,087 recorded the year before.…
Scottish government to replace paper prescriptions by 2026 The ‘Digital prescribing and dispensing programme’ is aimed to introduce an advanced electronic signature that will replace the wet signature on prescriptions.…
