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Increasing injectable medicines ten-fold could release time equivalent to 4,000 extra nurses, report says

The production of injectable medicines in England could be increased from the current 3.4 million individual doses to more than 40 million per year.…

Major wholesaler says all its vaccination stock is taken for flu season

A major wholesaler has said that all of its stock of flu vaccinations for the 2020/2021 winter season are “committed”.…

Health professionals delivering unlicensed vaccines need government protection, say health bodies

Health professionals administering unlicensed vaccines must be reassured that they will not be liable for any harm that results, say health bodies.…

Health bodies make ‘urgent’ call to Matt Hancock to intervene in the proposed withdrawal of bipolar drug

The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has been urged to “personally intervene” so that bipolar drug Priadel remains available in the UK with an appropriate pricing structure.…

Government group recommends reclassifying progestogen-only pill as an OTC medicine

The progestogen-only pill should be reclassified to make it available over the counter without the need for a prescription, a report has recommended.…

UK government rejects recommendations to tackle drug misuse in Scotland

The UK government has rejected several recommendations put forward by the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee to tackle problem drug use.…

Proposed legislation could see government ‘broaden’ use of data collected through the Falsified Medicines Directive

Members of the House of Lords have warned that proposed legislation for a UK version of the Falsified Medicines Directive “considerably broadens” how medicines data collected through the system would be used.…

Government consults on allowing pharmacy technicians to administer COVID-19 and flu vaccines

Pharmacy technicians could become eligible to safely administer a COVID-19 or influenza vaccine under new government proposals.…

Government has ‘no plans’ to offer NHS staff mental health support to pharmacists, it says

There are no plans to change the NHS Practitioner Health service to include pharmacists, the Department of Health and Social Care has told The Pharmaceutical Journal.…

National Institute for Health Protection takes over COVID-19 pandemic response from PHE

From 18 August 2020, the newly formed National Institute for Health Protection will combine the activities of Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace.…