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Prescribing

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Public take expired medicines, reveals survey     

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

18 Feb 2022

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Wales moves to longer standard prescribing cycles to 'free capacity'

Suitable patients to be moved from 28 day prescribing to 56 days under new guidance.

14 Feb 2022

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Opioid use has fallen in County Durham and Sunderland, campaigners claim

Painkillers Don't Exist said the number of high-strength opioids prescribed has gone down.

06 Dec 2021

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Welsh government presses ahead with ePrescribing

The plans will improve the way patients and healthcare professionals access and manage medicines.

22 Sep 2021

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Ridge review finds 10pc of all prescribed medicines unnecessary

CPhO calls for more openness and greater use of social prescribing to prevent medicines harm.

22 Sep 2021

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New advice for patients switching between levothyroxine products

Small number have reported symptoms consistent with thyroid dysfunction when their tablets were changed to a different product.

21 May 2021

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Tackling barriers to independent prescribing

Pharmacist independent prescribing is billed as the key to a more clinical future but there are many hurdles still to be overcome.

19 May 2021

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Repaglinide back in stock but Voriconazole supplies delayed

The PSNC has reported that Repaglinide 1mg and 2mg tablets are back in stock.

14 May 2021

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RPS wants legal restrictions on CDs in research removed

The RPS has called for legal restrictions on the use of controlled drugs in research to be removed. 

13 May 2021

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SSP for Competact extended until May 14

The DHSC has extended the serious shortage protocol for Competact 15mg/850mg tablets until May 14.

05 May 2021

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MHRA: Errors on batches of valproate packs

Some batches of Syonell 250mg and 500mg gastro-resistant tablets have product packaging information errors.

04 May 2021

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Insight: Dispensing payment system is broken

Alexander Humphries recently asked at what point a script is dispensed – prompting strong feedback. Here he examines a broken system. 

30 Apr 2021

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DH issues shortage protocol for HRT patches

The Department of Health and Social Care has said pharmacists may substitute Evorel and Estraderm for Estradot 75mcg patches.

29 Apr 2021

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Community pharmacists 'should prescribe beyond minor ailments'

Community pharmacists could play a valuable role in prescribing for a wide range of common and long-term conditions, says the RPS. 

27 Apr 2021

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RPS Wales issues pharmacy manifesto ahead of elections

The Welsh arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has issued a pharmacy manifesto ahead of the May 6 elections.

26 Apr 2021

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RPS Wales issues pharmacy manifesto ahead of elections

The Welsh arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has issued a pharmacy manifesto ahead of the May 6 elections.

26 Apr 2021

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