NHS trust to recirculate out-of-hours medicines access process following prisoner death Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust also confirmed that training sessions will continue to reinforce staff understanding in response to a coroner's prevention of future deaths report.…
Moving from conversation to action on women’s health ‘Menopause, unmissed’ takes a holistic approach to improving women’s health outcomes, demonstrating the potential of effective cross-sector collaboration.…
Early antiviral flu treatment linked with lower ICU admissions in children, study suggests Children who were given early antiviral treatment were 31% less likely to be admitted to an ICU and had shorter hospital stays compared with the participants who were not given antivirals, researchers found.…
Trust commissions benzodiazepine review following patient death A patient died by suicide after being permanently prescribed diazepam without a required medical review while awaiting a re-titration of her clozapine prescription.…
Pharmacies pilot test for prevention of oesophageal cancer A total of 12 pharmacies across the East Midlands and London are offering the EndoSign capsule sponge test to patients with persistent heartburn or acid reflux in order to screen for oesophageal cancer.…
Maternal RSV vaccine halves newborn ICU admissions, says UKHSA There were 63 infants admitted to intensive care or higher dependency hospital units with RSV chest infection in winter 2025/2026, down from 131 the year prior.…
Escalation pathways for complex anticoagulation introduced after patient death A patient died from prosthetic aortic valve thrombosis with sub-therapeutic anticoagulation, after clinicians were unable to keep her international normalised ratio within a therapeutic range.…
Updated hypertension case‑finding service draws calls for impact assessment Changes to the specification for the ‘Community pharmacy hypertension case-finding service’ exclude people who have previously had a blood pressure check via the service in the previous five years.…
Boots launches private gonorrhoea vaccination service The high street chain said that gonorrhoea vaccines, which will cost £220 for the full course of two doses, will be available at 160 of its pharmacies.…
Test your knowledge of medicines safety Our self-assessment quiz covers the principles of medicines safety and some scenarios that pharmacists might encounter in daily practice.…
