Best practice for consultations with patients with additional speech and hearing needs Hearing loss and speech difficulties can make effective communication with patients more challenging. There are several ways pharmacists can tailor their consultations to optimise communication.…
Health news round-up: NICE approvals, fighting AMR and medicines safety concerns Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news.…
First home-based digital technologies approved for cardiac rehabilitation The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said digital technologies could offset the low uptake of traditional cardiac rehabilitation programmes.…
Urinary tract infection in adults: diagnosis, management and prevention This article covers the optimisation of patient outcomes through prompt diagnosis of, and appropriate antibiotic prescribing for, urinary tract infections.…
NHS home testing identifies hundreds with hepatitis C More than 105,000 people in England have ordered the test since the home-testing service launched in May 2023, with more than 200 testing positive.…
Major step forward as bladder cancer treatment approved in England The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence estimates that more than 1,200 people each year in England could benefit from the enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab combination therapy.…
Pharmacies receive over half of all NHS 111 online referrals NHS England data show that referrals to pharmacy accounted for an average of 56% of all NHS 111 online referrals each month between July 2024 and June 2025.…
NICE draft guidance ‘biggest shake-up’ to type 2 diabetes treatment in a decade The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said these changes are aimed to address underprescribing and health inequalities related to treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus.…
Frailty and the patient journey How to recognise opportunities for medicines optimisation and rationalisation during the course of the patient journey following a frailty-related hospital admission.…
UK’s biggest online pharmacy freezes Mounjaro price amid reports of ‘stockpiling’ From 1 September 2025, the list price of Mounjaro will rise to £133 for 2.5mg doses and £330 for 12.5mg and 15.0mg doses.…
