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.…
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.…
Health news round-up: new biosimilars, vaccine effectiveness and supporting patients ageing with HIV A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed.…
Could dedicated pharmacists help improve neonatal care’s medicines safety problem? Though standards have been set to improve pharmacist staffing in neonatal and paediatric critical care, an investigation by The Pharmaceutical Journal has uncovered slow progress.…
