Health & NHS

A leaked Government dossier suggests that medicines would be “vulnerable to severe extended delays”.

The new, personalised service could involve more digital screening and fewer interactions with healthcare professionals.

The DHSC is inviting tenders for an express freight contract to ensure the supply of medicines in a no deal Brexit.

Scotland’s road safety laws are being strengthened further by the introduction of drug driving limits.

The public should be encouraged to make greater use of digital health technologies, the PAGB has said.

The average wait for a routine GP appointment has exceeded two weeks for the first time ever according to a Pulse survey.

Suicide is no longer the biggest killer of men in the 35-49 age group, the Office of National Statistics has found.

NICE has decided not to recommend the use of cannabis-based medicines in severe treatment-resistant epilepsy.

LloydsPharmacy has opened its latest outpatient pharmacy at Royal United Hospital in Bath. It now operates over 50 outpatient dispensaries across the country

The chancellor has made £434m available to avoid disruption in medicines supply in the event of a no deal Brexit.

A series of roadshows will help pharmacists understand how the five-year settlement will impact their pharmacies.

The DHSC has said the data it collects on medicines prices has improved since new regulations came into force.

PSNC is warning that payment for July prescriptions will reflect the new categorisation, not the information published in the July Drug Tariff.

Nearly half of CCGs are proposing to merge in the biggest cull of NHS organisations for more than a decade.

Community pharmacies may be affected by delayed supplies of one of the recommended flu vaccines.

The PDAU says it has secured pay increases and improved terms for pharmacists working at Boots from November 1.

The PDA said the second proposal for a pharmacy apprenticeship has generated "even more serious concerns" than the first.

AMR still centre stage in outgoing chief medical officer's final annual report.

The PSNC's Alastair Buxton said the level of community pharmacy funding for primary care networks has not been finalised.     

Aims for health information from the NHS website to be provided through voice-assisted technology.