Paediatrics

Welsh government highlights pharmacist staffing in neonatal and maternity care report

The Welsh government said that a shortage of all staff groups, including pharmacists, was “overwhelmingly the most frequently raised concern” in all neonatal and maternity sites that it visited.…

Health news round-up: puberty blockers, oral GLP-1s and inequalities in neonatal care

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

Prescribing unlicensed and off-label medicines

An overview of how to safely and effectively prescribe unlicensed and off-label medicines through governance principles and important pharmaceutical quality considerations.…

Health news round-up: GLP-1s for psoriasis, promise for people with cancer and pharmacogenomics

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

Two-fifths of children have seen weight-loss drugs online despite ban

The results of a survey conducted by the Children’s Commissioner revealed that girls were more likely than boys to see adverts for weight-loss injections online.…

Childhood vaccination campaign offers ‘trusted information’ amid measles outbreaks

The highest number of confirmed measles cases during January were in the London borough of Enfield, with 34 cases.…

Prescribing error led to death of baby, says coroner

A newborn patient was wrongly prescribed sodium acid phosphate instead of sodium chloride, leading to an overdose, a report from the coroner for Inner West London found.…

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.…

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.…

Revised staffing standards for neonatal services published

Network-level pharmacists should be employed at 0.2 whole-time equivalents per 10,000 births in the region, the updated Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group standards recommend.…