Health & NHS

CPNI chief Gerard Greene urges policymakers in Northern Ireland to place greater emphasis on developing community pharmacy.

Obesity is costing each UK citizen an additional £409 a year in taxes and cutting their life expectancy by 2.7 years, according to an OECD report.

Access to care and staffing issues pose challenges across all care settings, the Care Quality Commission has said.

The Independent Pharmacy Awards at the House of Commons celebrated the role of pharmacy teams across the UK.

LloydsPharmacy and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust are running mobile gastroenterology units. 

More than 130,000 breast cancer deaths in the UK have been avoided in the last 30 years, according to a new Cancer Research UK analysis.

Four types of prescription-only Zantac have been recalled by the MHRA as a precautionary measure.

Community pharmacy teams must embrace their role as health educators to help tackle AMR, a PHE clinical fellow said.

The CMA alleges Aspen agreed to pay Amilco and Tiofarma to stay out of the UK market for Addison’s Disease medicine.

A smoke-free society, healthier diets, cleaner air and better mental health are the top PHE priorities for 2020-2025.  

The campaign will consist of TV, radio and digital advertising supported by search and partnership activity.

The programme aims to support new partnership working models and primary care integration.

There still significant gaps in the government’s efforts to safeguard medicines supply after a no-deal Brexit.

Community pharmacy teams are getting ready for this year’s Stoptober campaign, which kicks off on October 1.

Nearly 400 community pharmacists in Northern Ireland have left the profession in the last two years according to a survey.

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the final list of drug price concessions for September.

Jeremy Corbyn has said that if elected Labour would “redesign” medicine distribution in the UK.

It’s time to split up with smoking, according to PHE, as preparation for 2019 Stoptober campaign gets underway.

Labour's plans would bring England in line with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Prescriptions for gabapentin, pregabalin, and oxycodone rose consistently each year between 2013 and 2018.