Tammy Lovell

Reporter, The Pharmaceutical Journal

EMA finds no link between GLP-1 receptor agonists and suicidal thoughts

The European Medicines Agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee has confirmed that no update to product information is warranted.…

Pharmacy leaders ‘disappointed’ at cuts to free NHS mental health service

NHS Practitioner Health, which provides support to NHS staff for mental health and addiction, will no longer offer services to secondary care staff.…

NHS England sets target for 320,000 Pharmacy First consultations per month by March 2025

The updated primary care delivery plan also sets goals for the expansion of the community pharmacy blood pressure testing and contraception services.…

RPS launches fully-funded independent prescribing training

Health Education and Improvement Wales is funding the programme, which offers six two-hour in-person workshops at locations across Wales.…

‘Trailblazing’ community pharmacy hearing health service to be discontinued

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board says it is unable to find the required funding to continue the ‘Hearing health pathway pilot’, despite treating more than 5,000 patients during the first year.…

Hepatitis C ‘micro-eliminated’ at UK’s largest prison

The test-and-treat programme is part of a plan from Welsh government to micro-eliminate hepatitis C in the community and in all Welsh prisons.…

Community pharmacy pilot to focus on spotting patients with early signs of lung cancer

Four sites in England will focus on lung cancer as part of the ‘NHS supporting early diagnosis of cancer’ pilot service.…

A prescribing service for England’s pharmacies: everything you need to know

After months of discussions, an NHS prescribing service for community pharmacies in England may finally be in sight for a select few ‘pathfinders’. Here is what we know so far about the long-awaited programme.…

NHS England says PCNs should work with community pharmacy ‘in the best interests of patient care’

In the primary care networks contract specification for 2024/2025, NHS England said they must work with other community service providers to “successfully manage the health and care needs of the populations they serve”.…

Roz Gittins: ‘The longer fitness-to-practise processes take, the longer registrants are left in purgatory’

As the new chief pharmacy officer for the General Pharmaceutical Council, Roz Gittins tells The Pharmaceutical Journal that she is bringing a fresh pair of eyes to the regulator’s fitness-to-practise process.…