Genomics surveillance programme for hepatitis C launched by UK Health Security Agency In order to monitor hepatitis C virus strains that are resistant to antiviral medicines, the UK Health Security Agency has set up a genomic surveillance programme to seek genetic markers for drug resistance.…
Pharmacy involvement absent from almost half of TB services in England, report finds The report, authored by the Getting It Right First Time projects team at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, pointed out that pharmacy was absent in 43% of TB services.…
HIV patients should switch to long-acting antiretroviral injectable treatments sooner, study concludes Researchers found that 98% of patients who were not virally suppressed at the start of the study had non-detectable viral loads after 11 months of long-acting antiretroviral injectable treatment.…
Test your knowledge of respiratory tract diseases Respiratory tract conditions — such as lung cancer, COPD and pneumonia — account for 20% of all deaths. Here, test your knowledge of these common conditions and treatment options.…
How a global health partnership with an NHS trust has transformed care for patients in Zambia By partnering with King’s College London, pharmacists at Ndola Teaching Hospital in Zambia have learnt from their counterparts working at St George’s Hospital infectious disease department.…
The role of pharmacy in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis Pharmacists can play an important role in identifying and engaging with at risk individuals to promote PrEP awareness and uptake.…
NHS England to commission whooping cough vaccination service through community pharmacies The respiratory syncytial virus and pertussis vaccination service is aimed to help supplement vaccination programmes delivered by GPs and NHS trusts.…
Community pharmacy offers ‘key opportunity’ for increasing flu vaccination uptake in children, says NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard said exploring the use of other flu vaccination providers — including community pharmacy — to expand convenience was one of three “key opportunities to go further” identified by NHS England.…
Use community pharmacies to combat falling vaccine uptake, report urges A report published by the Company Chemists’ Association on behalf of the Pharmacy Vaccinations Development Group has suggested that community pharmacies are well placed to increase vaccine uptake, raise patients’ confidence and prevent ill health.…
Whooping cough cases increase by 1,600% in a year, data show Data from the UK Health Security Agency show that in 2024, the total number of pertussis cases exceeded the total cases observed during the 2012 whooping cough outbreak in England.…
