NICE draft guidance ‘biggest shake-up’ to type 2 diabetes treatment in a decade The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said these changes are aimed to address underprescribing and health inequalities related to treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus.…
Vaccines often overlooked in antimicrobial stewardship, microbiologists warn Attendees of a roundtable organised by the Microbiology Society concluded that there was an “urgent need to strengthen the evidence base for vaccine impact on AMR”.…
RPS chief executive to step down after royal college transition The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has also outlined plans to recruit for four leadership roles as part of its shift to become a royal college in April 2026.…
Frailty and the patient journey How to recognise opportunities for medicines optimisation and rationalisation during the course of the patient journey following a frailty-related hospital admission.…
UK’s biggest online pharmacy freezes Mounjaro price amid reports of ‘stockpiling’ From 1 September 2025, the list price of Mounjaro will rise to £133 for 2.5mg doses and £330 for 12.5mg and 15.0mg doses.…
Reviewing our clinical services and implementing job planning to get the best out of our pharmacy team How deputy chief pharmacist Poureya Aghakhani and his team have responded to financial pressures to reaffirm their purpose.…
‘Sub-therapeutic’ dose of antipsychotic contributed to patient death, coroner finds An area coroner for Essex has expressed concerns over a female patient’s management.…
MHRA approves UK’s first immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes Teplizumab (Tzield; Sanofi) has been approved by the MHRA for delaying the progression of type 1 diabetes mellitus.…
More than 40 organisations commit to include older adults in research The statement of intent outlined commitments to “challenge any unwarranted exclusion of older adults or those with long-term conditions (multimorbidity) from research”.…
Health news round-up: AI, health inequalities and GLP-1 drugs Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson shares some important developments in health news.…
