Oral insulin found to delay onset of type 1 diabetes in children Researchers found that the progression to type 1 diabetes mellitus was around 50% slower in infants genetically at risk of the disease who received oral insulin for three years compared to the placebo group.…
Pharmacy First data included in AMR report for first time The most dispensed antimicrobials through the Pharmacy First service in its first 11 months to December 2024 were phenoxymethylpenicillin, nitrofurantoin, flucloxacillin and amoxicillin.…
Taskforce says pharmacists should be able to train in more specialist ADHD roles The NHS England board-commissioned ADHD Taskforce has also recommended that prescribing pharmacists could provide further services that would cut NHS waiting times.…
Allied Pharmacies takes over 60 Jhoots branches Allied Pharmacies said that although the majority of former Jhoots locations are temporarily closed, the multiple is “fully committed to reinstating essential pharmacy services”.…
Extra funding announced for community pharmacy independent prescribing Scottish community pharmacies that employ an independent prescribing pharmacist will also be able to claim for Pharmacy First Plus services without meeting the 25 hours per week availability threshold.…
MHRA sets out plans to speed up access to rare disease therapies The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said “the rulebook for rare disease therapies will be overhauled" to make it quicker and easier to get therapies tested and approved.…
RPS launches its first wellbeing surveys focusing on students and early-career pharmacists The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said the surveys are aimed to provide insight into current wellbeing, study and workplace experiences to shape resources, services and advocacy.…
Community pharmacy campaign launched to ease winter pressures on NHS NHS Wales’ ‘Help Us to Help You’ campaign promotes use of the common ailments service in community pharmacies via TV, radio and social media advertisements.…
TB treatment can be resumed following ‘significant improvement’ in antimicrobial supply The Scottish government said that available licensed stock and unlicensed imports of antimicrobial medicines “should be optimised to ensure continuity of patient treatment”.…
Coroner raises concerns following opioid overdose after hospital discharge letter was lost A patient was given both his new and previously prescribed opioid medication, leading to an overdose, a report from the coroner for the City of Sunderland found.…
