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Covid booster campaign to kick off on September 12

The new Moderna bivalent jab will be the sole vaccine used this autumn and winter

19 Aug 2022

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Clinical review: Why do so many with hypertension go untreated?

More than half of over-40s had hypertension in a recent UK study. Why is it so often poorly controlled?

19 Aug 2022

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DH has not ‘considered it necessary’ to limit medicine prices since law change

SoS has yet to use price control powers granted in 2018, despite concerns around present market

19 Aug 2022

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Closures crisis benefits no one

Temporary closures are dividing opinion and crippling the sector, our deputy editor writes

18 Aug 2022

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Online exam led to more pharmacists joining the register, claims GPhC

The number of registered pharmacists rose by 7.5 per cent in the year to March 31

18 Aug 2022

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Rowlands announces partnership with booking software provider

Multiple says new software will save time for pharmacy teams

18 Aug 2022

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Flu jab remuneration to remain fixed at £9.58 this year, NHSE reveals

PSNC 'disappointed' by NHS decision not to raise the vaccination fee amid costs crisis

17 Aug 2022

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PDA calls for two pharmacists per pharmacy in post-Covid vision

Pharmacists must be deployed in a more targeted way to improve outcomes, says PDA

16 Aug 2022

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Pharmacists promote better psychotropic prescribing

New study finds pharmacists helped reduce the number of drugs prescribed

15 Aug 2022

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MHRA approves first bivalent Covid booster jab

New Moderna jab protects against Omicron as well as original 2020 variant

15 Aug 2022

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‘Drug shortages are worse than ever – it’s taking up valuable time’

Shortages are worsening and getting harder to predict, says contractor Waqas Ahmad

12 Aug 2022

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Dementia linked with hypothyroidism

Study finds a marked association between the two conditions among older people

12 Aug 2022

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Insight: Future of the profession is in safe hands

There has never been so much opportunity for those qualifying as pharmacists, our columnist writes

12 Aug 2022

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Over 10% of patients not receiving valproate cards from pharmacies

Safety requirements for sodium valproate still not being met, says NHS England

11 Aug 2022

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NPA view: Pharmacists can help tackle women's health inequalities

Too often, pharmacists are not empowered to provide complete care, writes Helga Mangion

11 Aug 2022

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Diabetes prescriptions on the rise in England, latest figures reveal

Data shows 60.3 million items were prescribed in 2021-22 compared with 57.9 million in 2020-21

11 Aug 2022

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