Health news round-up: relabelling prostate cancer, zoonotic diseases and e-cigarette chemicals The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Health board rejects community pharmacy PrEP pilot Exclusive: The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has told The Pharmaceutical Journal that it needs to consider its current financial position and prioritise available resources.…
HIV report highlights ‘stark contrast’ in access to PrEP among different ethnicities The UK Health Security Agency has reported that PrEP uptake remains lowest in black African heterosexual women and men, at 34.6% and 36.4%, respectively.…
Health news round-up: travel warnings, AMR in children, and the latest on medicine supply A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…
Health news round-up: NICE approvals, surveillance data and GLP-1 warnings A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…
Everything you need to know about PrEP provision in community pharmacy Provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis is increasing across the UK and it has been shown to be highly effective. But why has there been so little progress on the long called-for expansion to provide the drugs via community pharmacy?…
Health news round-up: new NICE guidance, ‘online hospital’ and the environmental burden of medicines A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed.…
Welsh government confirms delays to pharmacy PrEP pilot Exclusive: The Welsh government has told The Pharmaceutical Journal that operational issues have delayed the roll out of a community pharmacy pre-exposure prophylaxis pilot scheme.…
New HIV diagnoses fall by almost 20% in one year Public Health Wales data show that the number of new HIV cases fell to 73 in 2024, from 91 confirmed cases in 2023.…
Why is HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis struggling to find a home in UK primary healthcare? A team of collaborators discuss the barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis provision in UK primary care and put forward potential solutions.…
