Two-prescriber sign-off no longer required for isotretinoin The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said that scrapping the two-prescriber requirement will address delays in access to acne treatment for patients aged under 18 years old.…
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: vaccinations off-site, child health and medicines shortages A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed.…
NICE approves twice-yearly infusion that ‘significantly outperforms’ usual treatments for severe lupus Guidance says obinutuzumab, taken with daily immunosuppressant tablet mycophenolate mofetil, could benefit around 12,000 people in England.…
Finger-prick test for type 1 diabetes mellitus could roll out to all UK children 'Early surveillance for autoimmune diabetes’ study showed that the dried blood spot method used “was both feasible and acceptable”, researchers said.…
Pharmacies can deliver more vaccinations off-site, government confirms Under changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, community pharmacies will be allowed to offer vaccination services outside registered premises.…
Drug consumption room pilot records more than 1,000 injecting episodes in a month According to latest service data on The Thistle, a drug consumption facility in Glasgow, 560 people used the site's services more than 10,000 times in 2025.…
Prescribing dilemma: high-cost biologics in moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis This real-world dilemma explores how individual funding requests may need to be considered for patient-centred care in the case of high-cost biologics.…
No clear evidence that cannabis-based medicines are successful treatment for chronic pain The Cochrane review authors said that available evidence from the studies that they analysed was “limited in both methodological rigour and clinical relevance”.…
‘No evidence’ that paracetamol use during pregnancy causes autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities, meta-analysis finds Study authors noted that earlier meta-analyses suggested slight associations with paracetamol use during pregnancy and risk of autism and ADHD, but those findings were “often based on studies prone to biases”.…
