Health inequalities

UCL/RPS New Year lecture: Tackling health inequalties in the UK, now and post-Brexit

The slowing in the rate of increase of life expectancy in the UK is “as urgent as our winter bed crisis and should be taken as seriously”…

Prescribing cuts could lead to health inequalities, pharmacy bodies warn

Restricting access to over-the-counter medicines could lead to significant health inequalities, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and National Pharmacy Association have all agreed.…

London health and care devolution plans to be finalised by end of year

The agreement for health and care devolution in London is due to be finalised by the end of 2017, according to the chair of the London Health and Care Devolution Programme Board, Will Tuckley. Speaking at a Policy Forum for London seminar on health and social care in London on 29 September 201…

WHO announces plan to slash cholera cases by 90%

Health officials from around the world have pledged to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.…

One in four would visit GP if their local pharmacy closed

More than one in four people who would normally seek advice from their community pharmacy would go to their GP instead if the pharmacy was closed, according to the results of a survey released by Pharmacy Voice.…