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Chikungunya vaccine withdrawn after safety review

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has advised healthcare professionals to stop prescribing, supplying or administering the IXCHIQ vaccine, as its benefit–risk balance is "no longer considered favourable”.…

MP calls for non-digital ways to order repeat prescriptions

North Norfolk MP Steff Aquarone said he had found a “troubling gap between national NHS guidance and the rules governing GP practices” on requesting repeat prescriptions.…

Coroner raises concerns about ambulance triage of drug overdose

A patient had taken a significant overdose, but emergency services didn’t initially prioritise the call because the drug he had taken was not on NHS Pathway’s “high risk” list.…

Anti-CGRPs associated with increased risk of early pregnancy loss, study finds

Researchers found that, after adjustment, the estimated absolute increase in risk of early pregnancy loss associated with exposure to the medicines was 4.2 percentage points.…

An emergency department workforce can be built on reallocated pharmacy staff

Instead of waiting for more money, the pharmacy department at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust reallocated pharmacy staff during weekdays to fill workforce gaps with data-backed success.…

How we developed the BOPA digital SACT verification passport

The British Oncology Pharmacy Association Digital SACT Verification Passport is a collective achievement in cancer care training, but what can we expect from it in the future?…

Best practice for managing acute pain

An overview of the considerations for the management of acute pain and how associated assessment tools are used to evaluate the intensity, quality, duration and impact of pain.…

No clear increase in pregnancy risks after GLP-1 exposure, study suggests

The study authors warned that the findings should not be read as proof that GLP-1 medicines are safe to use during pregnancy, with further research needed.…

Core outcome set for pharmacist interventions in chronic kidney disease

Pharmacists are suitably placed as healthcare professionals in multidisciplinary teams to manage people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, several systematic reviews of studies have demonstrated that there is a significant heterogeneity in outcomes and outcomes measures of pharmacist interv…

Two in three housebound patients had no medication review for more than two years

Home-visit service at Aneurin Bevan Health Board’s Primary and Community Care Academy also found that over a quarter of patients reported that waste medicines were “automatically ordered by community pharmacies without checking what patients actually needed”.…