Earlier treatment with combination of drugs could prevent 5,000 heart attacks per decade, study results suggest Researchers found that patients who received a combination treatment of statins and ezetimibe within 12 weeks of a heart attack and lowered their cholesterol to target-level early were less at risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths.…
How do we solve a problem like medicines adherence? Despite decades of research, rates of adherence to medicines remain stubbornly low. New ways of thinking and innovative use of technology may help us turn a corner.…
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.…
Premature birth: managing associated complications Part of a series of articles on the management of prematurity associated complications and the role of pharmacists.…
NICE recommends capivasertib for advanced breast cancer Clinical trial results revealed that capivasertib, taken with fulvestrant, can provide advanced breast cancer patients with an additional four months before their cancer progresses.…
Welsh community pharmacy to receive one-off £6m stability payment The Welsh government's investment in community pharmacies is equivalent to an added 30p per prescription item dispensed in January, February and March 2025.…
Patients in emergency departments should be supported to self-administer time-critical medicines, says royal college Advice produced with the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association urges that emergency departments should hold self-administered time-critical medicines to the same monitoring and governance oversight standards as non self-administered medicines.…
NICE approves first NHS treatment for advanced blood cancer Brentuximab combination therapy is a first-line treatment option for previously untreated stage 3 or 4 CD30-positive Hodgkin lymphoma that could benefit up to 800 people annually.…
Community pharmacies in England could offer ‘catch-up’ HPV vaccinations Updated NHS plans to eliminate cervical cancer have suggested community pharmacy as a location for catch-up vaccinations to improve access to the HPV vaccine.…
Gastrointestinal complications associated with prematurity An overview of gastrointestinal complications associated with premature birth and the role of parenteral nutrition in overcoming them.…
