UK healthcare

Six-fold increase in registration applications from overseas pharmacists

Exclusive: Data from the General Pharmaceutical Council show that there were 353 applications for the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme between 4 March 2021 and 17 October 2021.…

Everything you need to know about the debate over supervision

The supervision debate has been an ongoing point of contention for several years, but what exactly is the debate about and why is it so controversial?…

Regulators approve Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for use in the UK

The mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna is the third COVID-19 vaccine to be authorised for supply in the UK.…

Review finds limited evidence of problematic polypharmacy in the UK

Evidence of the extent of problematic pharmacy in the UK, and the interventions needed to address it, is limited, according to a rapid review published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.…

Pharmacy staff who have died during COVID-19 pandemic to be remembered during minute’s silence

Pharmacy staff who are thought to have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are to be among the healthcare workers remembered with a minute’s silence on 28 April 2020.…

Most deprived areas in the UK bear the brunt of public health cuts, finds report

Cuts to public health budgets have been six times larger in the UK’s most deprived areas compared with cuts made in the country’s least deprived areas, a report has found.…

The precision medicine approach to cancer therapy: part 1 — solid tumours

An overview of the anticancer agents that have been approved for use in the UK as part of a precision medicine approach for solid tumours, along with information relating to the relevant biomarkers and biomarker assays currently available.…

Free prescription penalty charge system is ‘not fit for purpose’, say MPs

The penalty charge notice system in England, which fines people up to £100 for wrongly claiming a free prescription, is not fit for purpose and needs to be overhauled, MPs have said.…

Government appoints Jo Churchill as new pharmacy minister

Jo Churchill has been appointed as the new parliamentary under-secretary of state for prevention, public health and primary care at the Department of Health and Social Care.…

A&E could refer patients to community pharmacy under new five-year contract

Patients in A&E could be sent to see a community pharmacist instead of a doctor under a future expansion of the scheme that currently refers patients from NHS 111 and general practice.…