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Health news round-up: new NICE guidance, ‘online hospital’ and the environmental burden of medicines

A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed.…

Support for pharmacies providing palliative care urged as hospices get cash injection

Graham Stretch, president of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association, told The Pharmaceutical Journal that funding is needed in community pharmacies to address patchy access of palliative care drugs for patients.…

RPS joins call for better collaboration in contraceptive commissioning

The Advisory Group on Contraception has called for integrated care boards and local authorities to be mandated to collaboratively commission women's health and contraception services.…

Disabling prescribing system alerts may have led to hospital paracetamol overdose

In response to a prevention of future deaths report, NHS England and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society have emphasised that prescribing system alerts should not replace clinicians' professional responsibility.…

NICE recommends new treatment for highly active relapsing multiple sclerosis

Natalizumab, a monoclonal antibody, can be used in its originator form as an injection or in a biosimilar form as an infusion.…

Care leavers to get free prescriptions until age of 25 years

Care leavers will also be entitled to free dental and eye care services as part of a package of measures that the government says will help tackle inequalities faced by those who grew up in care.…

Health and climate manifesto launched by RPS and RCGP Scotland

The manifesto has made six calls upon the next Scottish government, including an urgent acceleration of the electronic prescribing programme.…

Select committee calls for clarity on funding for US–UK pharma trade deal

A letter from the House of Commons Science Innovation and Technology Committee has asked the government for more information on the cost of the US–UK pharmaceutical trade deal and whether existing NHS budgets will be affected.…

Pills, policy and prescribing: 2025 in numbers

From medicines spending to the ten-year health plan, 2025 has been a noteworthy year for statistics. We present our top picks and headline numbers from our coverage across pharmacy this year.…

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