Non-hormonal treatment for menopause vasomotor symptoms approved for use in the UK Fezolinetant is an alternative to hormone replacement therapy for people experiencing vasomotor symptoms of menopause.…
Cancer symptom card scheme launched across community pharmacies Exclusive: The ‘Not normal for you?’ scheme will be rolled out across more than 1,000 community pharmacies in the UK, aimed to overcome barriers for people to see their GP.…
Community pharmacy expected to play ‘greater role’ in delivering vaccines under new strategy NHS England’s vaccination strategy delegates responsibility for commissioning vaccination services from NHS England to integrated care boards by April 2025.…
Coroner advises NHS England to warn prescribers about interaction of tramadol and warfarin The coroner’s report says NHS England’s response “must contain details of action taken or proposed to be taken, setting out the timetable for action” or must explain why no action is proposed.…
Almost a third of community pharmacies providing COVID-19 jabs during autumn booster season More than 3,500 pharmacies in England are registered to provide COVID-19 vaccinations for the 2023 autumn booster programme.…
Community pharmacy in Wales reaches net-zero emissions JDS Evans in Newport, Wales, was the only pharmacy to achieve a gold award as part of the first Greener Primary Care Wales Framework and Award Scheme.…
Community pharmacy independent prescribing programme delayed further Exclusive: A spokesperson for NHS England has said integrated care boards are still progressing on “standing up” the Independent Prescribing Pathfinder programme.…
National pharmacy board meeting: 9 November 2023 The English, Scottish and Welsh national pharmacy boards met jointly for their final meeting of 2023 to discuss leadership changes and the RPS's inclusion and diversity work.…
New valproate prescriptions must be signed off by two specialist doctors from January 2024, says MHRA The requirement for valproate prescriptions, which will come into effect on 31 January 2024, was first announced in December 2022.…
LloydsPharmacy sells all of its community pharmacy branches Hallo Healthcare Group, the parent company of LloydsPharmacy, announced in a statement that 99% of its branches would remain open under different ownership.…