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DH imposes ‘reduced’ Pharmacy Quality Scheme despite PSNC warnings

PQS will be worth £45m to the sector, 60 per cent of what was originally planned

28 Apr 2023

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Hepatitis A vaccine launched in UK for children

Avaxim Junior is administered in two doses via intramuscular injection six to 36 months apart.

27 Apr 2023

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Pharmacy comes out fighting over contraception service

Day Lewis executive director Jay Patel said it will not roll the service out until government funding improves.

27 Apr 2023

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NPA chief appointed to health and social care committee panel

Lyonette is one of six members of the panel to be chaired by professor Dame Jane Dacre.

26 Apr 2023

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Government comes out against pharmacy workforce plan

Ministers say they still want to better utilise the pharmacy workforce as a whole.

25 Apr 2023

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Fertility treatments don't affect MS

Women with multiple sclerosis (MS) are no more likely to experience exacerbations after receiving fertility treatment than they were before, according to a new study.

25 Apr 2023

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Clinical news: Could flu trigger acute myocardial infarction?

People are six times more likely to have an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the week after they test positive for flu.

25 Apr 2023

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Depression: an 'important risk factor for stroke'

Depression is “an important risk factor for acute stroke”, according to an analysis of the INTERSTROKE study.

25 Apr 2023

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Cancer deaths set to decline new analysis suggests

Death rates from cancer are set to decline in the UK, a new analysis predicts.

25 Apr 2023

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Behind the times?

What are pharmacy technology firms doing to drive much needed modernisation and policy change?

25 Apr 2023

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Phoenix chief criticises shadow Labour health secretary over lack of detail

Nigel Swift accused Wes Streeting of being “frustratingly vague” by failing to provide specifics on how Labour would support the sector.

25 Apr 2023

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Allergies may reduce cancer risk

The risk of melanoma is up to 50 per cent lower in people with atopic disease than controls, a new study from Finland reports.

25 Apr 2023

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Bowel Cancer UK supports pharmacies in Wales with resources

A free bilingual toolkit will help pharmacy teams promote early diagnosis and encourage people to get screened for the disease.

24 Apr 2023

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Pharmacist sells pharmacy in Formby after almost 30 years

Martin Hough owned Ryders Chemist just outside Liverpool, which dispenses an average of 8,674 items a month.

24 Apr 2023

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NPA elects Nick Kaye as new chair

Kaye takes over from Andrew Lane; Jay Badenhorst is the new vice-chair.

24 Apr 2023

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Shadow health secretary ‘alarmed’ by LloydsPharmacy closures

'We've got to grip that challenge,' says Wes Streeting in King's Fund address.

21 Apr 2023

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