The review will look to address ‘problematic polypharmacy’ and the management of non-reviewed repeat prescriptions

Healthcare professionals should not build stockpiles of their own and any “over-ordering” will be investigated, he said

NHS England is extending the Digital Minor Illness Referral Service pilot to London, Devon and the East Midlands

Admissions have increased by 85 per cent in those aged 45 and over since 2007/08 (from 638 to 1,182)

£78m has been made available to support electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA)

Patients will be prescribed a liquid diet of just over 800 calories a day for three months

The pilot will see electronic prescriptions extended to patients who have not nominated a regular dispenser

Pharmacists should support May if they wish to avoid the patient safety implications of no deal, Hancock claimed

Pharmacy minister Steve Brine recently defended NHS England’s decision to reduce OTC prescriptions

The company describes it as “the first globally licensed drug” approved for eosinophilic oesophagitis

Women with AF were 46 per cent more likely to develop dementia than those without the arrhythmia in a recent study

Using angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, according to a study

Data from Public Health England (PHE) highlights the burden imposed by statutory notifiable diseases

Compared with controls, Alzheimer's patients on AEDs were 37 per cent more likely to experience a stroke

Pharmacists and GPs are to be assigned to care homes in a measure Theresa May says will be "better for patients"

The aTIV vaccine will continue to be recommended, along with two soon-to-be-licensed products, NHS England said

Aspirin may reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer, reports JAMA Oncology

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recently offered a positive opinion for Seqirus’s QIVc

The multiple says it is aimed at alleviating GP pressures and addressing the growing issue of antibiotic resistance

Suppliers and wholesalers have warned the DHNI that medicines supply will be affected