New medicine service

Tackling pharmacy funding crisis crucial to NHS transformation priorities, CPE tells government

Responding to the consultation shaping the government's ten-year plan for the NHS, Community Pharmacy England called for investment to assure the sector’s “long-term stability”.…

Depression omitted from new medicine service extension despite increase in antidepressant prescribing during pandemic

The new medicine service has been expanded to cover 16 therapeutic conditions but depression, and its associated use of antidepressants, has not been included.…

Pharmacy2U could provide up to 3,000 telephone NMS appointments each month

Online pharmacy Pharmacy2U has said it will start to deliver the new medicine service in the coming months, estimating that it could provide up to 3,000 telephone appointments each month.…

Patients twice as likely to continue taking medicines if warned about health impact of non-adherence

Patients who are warned about the personal health consequences of not taking their medicines are nearly twice as likely to continue taking them as prescribed, research has found.…

Clarifying comments made about research into the new medicines service

The opinion piece ‘Let’s be honest about the new medicine service’ (The Pharmaceutical Journal online, 21 August 2018) argues for more research before the new medicine service (NMS) is rolled out to mental health patients; the argument is based partly on statements about …

Let’s be honest about the new medicine service

We need to be sure whether the community pharmacy service works or not before expanding it to new patients.…

Community pharmacists can help highlight valproate risks, says PGEU

Medicines use reviews and the new medicine service provide the perfect opportunity to discuss risks of sodium valproate with younger women, the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union is advising.…

The new medicine service: evidence that community pharmacists are looking after patients while saving NHS resources

The latest research which shows the new medicine service is cost-effective is just what community pharmacy needs in these challenging times.…

New Medicines Service could save NHS £517.6m, economic evaluation finds

The New Medicines Service has the potential to save the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds and could be expanded to cover more long-term conditions, according to UK researchers.…

A quick intervention recommendation by community pharmacists for patients using inhalers

Many pharmacists are probably busy reviewing inhaler use and technique as part of their medicines use reviews and new medicine service processes for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The long-acting beta-2 agonist formoterol is a common ingredient in step-u…