Urinary tract infection in adults: diagnosis, management and prevention This article covers the optimisation of patient outcomes through prompt diagnosis of, and appropriate antibiotic prescribing for, urinary tract infections.…
Frailty and the patient journey How to recognise opportunities for medicines optimisation and rationalisation during the course of the patient journey following a frailty-related hospital admission.…
UK’s biggest online pharmacy freezes Mounjaro price amid reports of ‘stockpiling’ From 1 September 2025, the list price of Mounjaro will rise to £133 for 2.5mg doses and £330 for 12.5mg and 15.0mg doses.…
‘Sub-therapeutic’ dose of antipsychotic contributed to patient death, coroner finds An area coroner for Essex has expressed concerns over a female patient’s management.…
Health news round-up: AI, health inequalities and GLP-1 drugs Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson shares some important developments in health news.…
Weight-loss pilots in pharmacies could be among £85m programme part-funded by Mounjaro manufacturer The UK-wide programme will allow patients to access weight management care, including a range of wraparound services, through routes such as pharmacies.…
Health news round-up: weight loss drugs, RSV vaccination and ChatGPT for clinical trials Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson shares some important developments in health news.…
At-home oral antibiotics safe for newborns The results of the six-month pilot showed that offering oral antibiotics to clinically stable, term babies could free up resources, positively impact families and lower environmental impact.…
NICE recommends ongoing support when coming off weight-loss medications An updated quality standard has highlighted the importance of advice in order to improve health and wellbeing as patients are taken off weight-loss drugs.…
‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine programme begins in England The gonorrhoea vaccine will be made available in sexual health clinics alongside existing jabs for mpox, hepatitis A and B and HPV.…
