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Letter

Using digital tools to support clinical pharmacist HRT reviews in primary care

A three-monthly review is recommended after starting hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to assess menopausal symptom control, side effects and bleeding patterns. These factors are also evaluated during an annual review, as well as any changes in medical history1. A programme was design…

Published: 3 January 2025

Opinion

How a GP referral scheme improved hypertension detection in community pharmacy

Primary care pharmacist Gurvinder Najran shares the outcomes from an initiative in Dudley, West Midlands, aimed at improving hypertension detection by referring patients from general practice to community pharmacy.…

Published: 4 December 2024

News

GPs back proposal to scrap community pharmacy blood pressure checks

The motion aimed to address community pharmacies’ unfair expectation to seek funding from schemes such as blood pressure checks “due to underfunding of their core national contract”.…

Published: 28 November 2024

News

Nearly 92% of atrial fibrillation patients in England anticoagulated, says NHS adviser

The UK Health Security Agency has achieved the figure five years ahead of its original 2029 target year by offering anticoagulation to nine in ten patients with atrial fibrillation.…

Published: 22 November 2024

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BMA conference considers proposal to scrap community pharmacy blood pressure checks

The motion proposed by the Devon Local Medical Committee describes “wastefulness” of money spent on pharmacy blood pressure checks, which it says should instead fund pharmacy dispensing fees.…

Published: 20 November 2024

News

Statin prescribing in England at record high, show NICE data

Figures show that atorvastatin prescribing increased from 4.2 million people in 2022/2023 to 5.0 million people in 2023/2024.…

Published: 4 November 2024

News

Pharmacist-led cardiovascular disease interventions provide highest return on investment, says NHS report

The report measured return on investment over five years of a range of interventions, including smoking cessation, cardiovascular disease and substance abuse.…

Published: 10 October 2024

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