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First app for teen health and wellbeing launches in the UK

Luna, the UK’s first app dedicated to teen health and wellbeing has launched today (15 November).

15 Nov 2022

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PSNC starts new ‘influencing’ campaign to reach politicians

A Pharmacy First service could save NHS England over £600m a year, PSNC to tell MPs

14 Nov 2022

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Over 6,500 diabetes education packs supplied to 330 pharmacies

Resources will help pharmacy teams and diabetes patients improve their understanding of the disease

14 Nov 2022

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Public’s lack of self care confidence is ‘alarming’ says PAGB

Survey of 2,000 adults finds more than half not confident treating backache

14 Nov 2022

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MHRA approves childhood pneumonia indication for Vaxneuvance

Vaxneuvance (PCV15) is already indicated to immunise over-18s against pneumococcal disease

14 Nov 2022

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MHRA calls on naloxone providers to check for missing needles

Reports from France suggest some kits may be missing needles, says MHRA

11 Nov 2022

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Welsh parties support pharmacy’s medicines role, says RPS

Senedd members “clearly understood" pharmacy leadership on drugs sustainability, says RPS

11 Nov 2022

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Being a pharmacy technician can be just the start

This year’s Pharmacy Show saw the first dedicated Pharmacy Technician Theatre, reports Alison Hemsworth

11 Nov 2022

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Two Halifax pharmacies sold to pharmacist-GP pair

Two Medichem pharmacies sold to pharmacist director and his GP business partner

11 Nov 2022

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GPhC receives highest ever number of quarterly FtP concerns

'Unanticipated closures' partly to blame as members of the public raise record number of concerns

11 Nov 2022

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Diabetes and dementia

Certain oral diabetes drugs reduce dementia risk in people with type 2 diabetes, American research suggests.

11 Nov 2022

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Vaccine offers decade-long shingles protection

Two doses of Shingrix vaccine protect against herpes zoster in adults aged 50 years or older for up to 10 years, according to an open-label, follow-up study from two phase III randomised trials.

11 Nov 2022

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Large rise in type 2 diabetes in the under 40s

The number of registered cases of type 2 diabetes in people younger than 40 years of age has risen by almost a quarter in five years, a new analysis reveals.

11 Nov 2022

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HRT prescribing on the up

The number of first HRT prescriptions has increased steadily between 2010-21, according to a new study.

11 Nov 2022

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Topical antibiotics effective in conjunctivitis

A new randomised clinical trial and meta-analysis confirms that topical antibiotics significantly shorten the duration of acute infective conjunctivitis in children.

11 Nov 2022

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Market share of biggest pharmacy multiples continues to fall

The proportion of community pharmacies owned by the largest UK corporate multiples saw a decline in the 12 months to March 2022.

11 Nov 2022

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