Conservative Party pledges to expand Pharmacy First funding to £250m a year The Conservatives say they would expand the areas offered under Pharmacy First to include menopause support, contraception and treatment for chest infection.…
A flexible approach will make the most of changes to pharmacy education and training As pharmacy training sites prepare to supervise a cohort of trainee prescribing pharmacists, Noma Al-Ahmad shares her view on how to navigate the new requirements.…
Liberal Democrats pledge ‘fairer long-term funding model’ for community pharmacies in general election manifesto In the first of the major political party manifestos to be published in advance of the general election, the Liberal Democrats also said they would aim to speed up access to new treatments.…
Combination treatment before surgery improves melanoma survival rates, study results show The 12-month event-free survival rate for patients with macroscopic stage III node-positive melanoma was 83.7% with the combination treatment, compared with 57.2% for adjuvant therapy alone.…
Pharmacists to be central in delivery of campaign to cut prescribing of high-risk pain medicines NHS Fife's 'Pain Talking' campaign is aimed at giving patients better control over chronic pain management and promoting non-medical treatment.…
Pregabalin prescribing increases by almost 25% since restrictions imposed Exclusive: Almost 670,000 patients in England were prescribed pregabalin when it was first reclassified in 2018/2019, compared with more than 820,000 patients in 2023/2024.…
NHS Resolution to rule on Glastonbury pharmacy opening following objection The arm's-length body will manage an appeal that has been lodged against a decision to open a new community pharmacy in Glastonbury, Somerset.…
Stopping antidepressants causes withdrawal symptoms in 15% of patients, meta-analysis finds Researchers estimated one in six to seven people will experience withdrawal symptoms when stopping antidepressants.…
Replacing automated medication dispensing machines: how to plan and implement change when equipment reaches end of life An overview of the factors to consider when planning and implementing the replacement of ageing pharmacy robots.…
NHS spends £430m on inhalers linked to Philip Morris since Vectura takeover Exclusive: An analysis by The Pharmaceutical Journal of prescribing data has raised questions from experts on whether more should be done to highlight the inhalers‘ links to the tobacco company.…
