Therapeutic intervention

Renal cancer: management

An overview of the most common forms of renal cancer, treatment options and the role of pharmacists in its management.…

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Lack of diagnostic testing for bacterial infections is ‘alarming’, warns AMR review chair 

Lord O'Neill said progress on rapid diagnostics to reduce unnecessary use of antimicrobials was "woeful".…

Most GP practices have ‘partial access’ to pharmacotherapy service in Scotland

Nearly 1,000 pharmacy staff were recruited into the Scottish pharmacotherapy service between April 2018 and March 2022.…

SARS-CoV2 antivirals are essential, but they are not silver bullets

The UK government's 'living with COVID-19' policy is relying too much on antiviral treatments, but now is not the time to relax.…

First two antimicrobial drugs funded by NHS subscription payment scheme to be given to patients

The NHS England payment scheme is aimed to incentivise antimicrobial drug innovation.…

More than 2,000 pharmacies sign up for smoking cessation service in first two months  

Since the smoking cessation service for discharged hospital patients went live in March 2022, 2,200 community pharmacies have signed up to provide it.…

E-cigarettes more effective than patches for stopping smoking in pregnancy, study suggests

Quit rates using e-cigarettes were 6.8%, compared with 3.6% when nicotine patches were used, a study has found.…

Bladder cancer: management

An overview of the different types of bladder cancer, treatment options and the role of pharmacists in its management.…

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More than 31,000 interventions carried out by community pharmacy under hypertension service, data show

The 'NHS community pharmacy blood pressure check service', which launched in October 2021, aims to identify people aged 40 years and older with high blood pressure.…

NHS trust to trial smoking cessation referrals from maternity services to community pharmacy

The maternity service team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust will be able to identify patients, or members of their household, who smoke and refer them to a local community pharmacy for treatment.…