Pharmacies can reform ‘outdated’ childhood vaccination programmes The National Pharmacy Association has urged the NHS to commission pharmacies to offer childhood vaccinations to school-aged children in hopes of increasing vaccination rates among teenagers.…
Health news round-up: immunotherapy for depression, PCOS to PMOS, and clopidogrel for East Asian patients The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Lifeline: an antimicrobial resistance musical This episode of The PJ Pod highlights Lifeline, a musical that dramatises the history of antibiotics and the realities of drug-resistant infections in NHS trusts.…
CCA calls for migraine to be added to Pharmacy First A Company Chemists' Association and Pfizer UK report says that 1.25 million patients could be treated annually if the extra clinical pathway was added.…
MHRA is ‘exploring legislative actions’ to restrict paracetamol sales, says health minister Health minister Preet Kaur Gill said that the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency took the disproportionate sale of paracetamol seriously.…
Embedding a pharmacist-led clinic in early breast cancer treatment pathways With rising demand and increasing complexity in breast cancer treatment, a pharmacist-led clinic in London is supporting service capacity while maintaining high-quality care.…
Health news round-up: paternal health, clozapine guideline and news from the European Congress on Obesity Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Newborns given precautionary antibiotics can go home for treatment, says NICE Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has advised that babies born after 35 weeks who are on IV antibiotics can be offered liquid oral antibiotics to be completed at home, if they meet certain conditions.…
Pharmacists as antimicrobial stewards: ‘the bug stops here’ Antimicrobial resistance is a modern day crisis that we must all take responsibility for, with a balanced, careful approach to the use of antibiotic medicines.…
Health news round-up: public health, cardiovascular risk and take-up of new medicines on the NHS Our weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
