Grasping new opportunities to work in partnership with the pharmaceutical industry The development of a pharmacy-led maintenance and reliever therapy programme has shown success in Leeds, where there are high numbers of people with unmanaged asthma.…
Walk-in flu vaccine finder for community pharmacy to be launched for 2025/2026 flu season NHS England said the “flu walk-in finder” was developed in response to patient feedback that complained of restrictions to the national booking service and a lack of information on clinic times.…
Case-based learning: pharmacy involvement in congenital heart disease A comprehensive overview of the journey of a patient with congenital heart disease, from foetal to paediatric care, including perspectives from the parents and the medical team.…
Pharmacy flu vaccine delivery to over-65s increased by 20 percentage points in five years Data from the UK Health Security Agency show that since 2019/2020, the proportion of vaccines administered to at-risk patients via community pharmacies rose from 11.4% to 26.7%.…
MHRA approves ‘world first’ low-carbon version of COPD inhaler The new version of Trixeo Aerosphere will replace the propellant HFA-134a with HFO-1234ze(E), “a fluorinated gas with near-zero global warming potential”.…
SABA inhaler carbon emissions have dropped by one-third since 2020, NHS England data show Exclusive: Pharmacy experts said the fall in short-acting beta-2 agonist inhaler emissions most likely owes to patients switching from the Ventolin Evohaler to the Salamol inhaler.…
Monoclonal antibody ‘critical intervention’ for preventing infant RSV, study suggests Researchers found that nirsevimab reduced hospitalisations caused by respiratory syncytial virus in infants by more than 80%.…
Community pharmacy RSV expansion programme to be expanded four-fold The Department of Health and Social Care said up to 200 community pharmacy sites could be commissioned to provide the respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in 2025/2026.…
NHS England to assess feasibility of a national inhaler recycling scheme Health minister Karin Smyth said NHS England was “currently supporting the implementation of an inhaler recycling pilot to assess a national scheme’s feasibility and potential benefits”.…
First UK joint asthma guidance: what does it mean for practice? In this episode of The PJ Pod, we explore the main changes and implications for practice brought about by the UK-wide joint asthma guideline.…
