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WhatsApp group chat helped pharmacy staff spot fake prescription

A staff member at a branch of Well Pharmacy in Maude Street, Kendal, spotted a prescription for diazepam was fake.

10 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Fraudster who used four aliases and 92 false prescriptions jailed

Liam Brickley, 49, of Shropshire Close, Mitcham, Greater London, fraudulently obtained £40,000 worth of drugs from pharmacies over two years.

31 Jul 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Free prescriptions for 60 year-olds and over to continue

The Department of Health and Social Care said the decision to freeze the free prescription age was taken after a consultation.

15 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Prescription items dispensed in England hit 1.18 billion in 2022-23

NHS Business Services Authority said the cost of items dispensed increased for the fourth year in a row having dropped from 2015-16 to 2018-19.

08 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Boots delivers medicines to Isle of Wight via drone test flight

Multiple is assessing the potential for longer-term use of drones to deliver medicines.

01 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Cost of prescriptions dispensed in community rises £83m in England

NHS Business Services Authority reveals £9.69 billion of items were dispensed in 2021-22.

10 Jun 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Welsh Government funds 24-hour prescription collection service

A Boots branch in Abergele is among the first in North Wales to introduce 24-hour prescription lockers.

10 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Public take expired medicines, reveals survey     

Forty per cent of consumers admitted they threw away unused medication.

18 Feb 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Slight rise in alcohol dependence prescriptions in 2020-21

The vast majority of the 166,590 alcohol dependence scripts were dispensed in the community.

27 Jan 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Suspension on patients signing prescriptions extended

The health secretary, Sajid Javid, has extended a temporary suspension on patients signing prescriptions until August 31

30 Jun 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Over 95% of items dispensed via EPS

Prescriptions sent via EPS account for more than 95 per cent of total items dispensed in England.

25 Jun 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Phoenix acquires prescription app 'to compete with Pharmacy2U'

Phoenix UK has bought digital prescription service Co-op health in a big to “help independent pharmacies compete against the likes of Pharmacy2U”. 

 

12 Mar 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Antidepressant prescribing on the increase in England

The number of antidepressant drugs prescribed in England is on the rise according to new NHSBSA data.

10 Dec 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Smoking cessation prescriptions fell over 1.5m in a decade

The number of smoking cessation items dispensed in England fell by over 1.5 million over a decade.

08 Dec 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Government urged to allow pharmacists to alter prescriptions

Pharmacy figures met the government to discuss proposals allowing pharmacists to change prescriptions.

03 Dec 2020 , 1 Min Article

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GPhC to look at concerns over hormone scripts to pharmacies

The GPhC will look into concerns that an online clinic is offering to send hormone medication prescriptions to pharmacies.

07 Oct 2020 , 1 Min Article

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