GPs' prescribing apps; access to breakthrough rheumatoid arthritis treatment made easier

DH urges GPs to work with pharmacists after study finds they cut prescribing errors by half

Lloyds finds seven out of 10 have raised blood pressure

Paediatricians join opposition to reforms; NHS trust sued for £300,000

GPhC releases ethical standards guidance; flu vaccination rates among pregnant women down

• Mental activities show “clear benefit” in early dementia

• Health bill masks privatisation plans; 74 disabled deaths could have been avoided

• Dispensing errors and charitable pharmacists

• Modernising pharmacy; Lansley should “move on”

• Unnecessary prescriptions cost NHS £8 million; Alendronic Acid recalled

• Bowel cancer awareness; Lords rejects health bill

• Cameron supports Lansley over reforms; NHS defends contraception services

• GPs want reforms scrapped; Hospital death risk higher at weekend

• MHRA warning over butterbur remedies; NICE rejects prostate cancer drug

• Pharmacy leaders demand greater role in HIV/Aids prevention

• NPA opens 2012 bursary applications; Online asthma test launches

• Boots launches second in-store dental surgery; Scottish pharmacists join stroke campaign

• Pharmacy e-learning programme launched and BMA to hold meeting over industrial action

• NHS reforms and care crisis for the elderly

• Efficiency of Tamiflu remains uncertain; Amoxicillin 500mg capsules recalled

• The dangers of internet drugs

• Lloydspharmacy to tackle adherence with smart pill launch

• The pill does relieve period pain; Effectiveness of Tamiflu challenged

• Sanofi launches first iPhone connectable blood glucose meter

• Pharmacy is key to improving long-term pain

• Community and hospital pharmacists to share patient information through new national referral form

• C+D winners celebrate website success

• GlaxoSmithKline fined and pharmacists warn of long-term pain

• MHRA promises ‘programme of action’ on dispensing error law and penalties

• NHS Future Forum report suggests promoting healthy living at 'every opportunity'

• GSK discontinues Becodisks Disks and Diskhaler range

• Co-operative Pharmacy finds ‘alarming’ rise in depression and anxiety prescribing

• Teva recalls prednisolone EC tabs after contamination fears

• Pharmacy urged to help hypoglycaemic campaign

• Dementia and childhood obesity

• Novartis discontinues Estraderm patches

• National Audit Office gives damning verdict on neurological care services

• Pharmacy could cut diabetes deaths

• Trial vaccine shows positive results against norovirus

• Pharmacists reminded to give fentanyl patch advice

• Home contents insurance more important to public than immunisations

• Unregistered menopause remedy prompts MHRA warning

• Checks and balances - and your nipples falling off

• Sector must help tackle poor TB compliance, claims contractor

• British women are fattest in Europe

• NICE rushes through VTE prophylaxis drug appraisal

• HPA calls for universal HIV testing

• Take statins early, with a side dish of polypills

• Patients risk lives with ‘staggered’ paracetamol overdoses

• Three-in-one combination blood pressure drug launched

• APPG launches medicines inquiry; drug regulation is killing patients

• Patients still expect antibiotics despite awareness of resistance

• Diabetes patients report regular hypoglycaemic events

• NHS Choices reinforces salt consumption warning

• MHRA confirms new paracetamol dosages for children

• Daily physical activity can offset genetic obesity risk, research finds

• Cervical cancers increasing in young women, study finds

• Nice proposes diabetes screening for over 25s

• Damning report of elderly care published by campaigners; Britain has one of the best healthcare systems

• Government pledges action on antipsychotics in dementia

• Paper talk: NHS spent £442m on painkillers last year; Paracetamol may worsen asthma symptoms

• PSNC defends obesity role as BMJ study backs commercial schemes

• Paper talk: New drug could extend lives of those with advanced prostate cancer; Weight Watchers programme more effective than NHS

• Paper talk: GP boundaries relaxed; nitroglycerin angina treatment damages heart

• Scotland must use pharmacy in “vigorous” alcohol abuse campaign, says CPS

• Paper talk: New cancer drug to begin human trials; Councils may use health budget for basic services, warn MPs

• Paper talk: Aspirin could protect against bowel cancer; Kellogg’s to help fight rickets by adding vitamin D to cereal

• Paper talk: Illegal home HIV tests give inaccurate results; diabetes cases approach 3 million

• Anticoagulant toolkit set to help with service design

• NSAID use cuts colorectal cancer mortality in older women

• Paper talk: Fears over flu vaccine efficacy; pill could lower risk of ovarian cancer

• Paper talk: Afternoon sunbathing increases the risk of skin cancer; Outdoor play cuts myopia risk

• Evening dosing is best in antihypertensive treatment

• EMA recalls Advagraf 0.5 mg batches

• LPC lambasts NHS Choices for ignoring pharmacy

• Paper talk: Alcohol guidelines in need of revision; health secretary plans to “franchise” NHS

• Paper talk: Letrozole could be 20 per cent more effective for breast cancer treatment; New treatment for “glue ear”

• Paper talk: NHS bill threatens GP patient trust; new test could predict breast cancer recurrence

• Paper talk: The cost of NHS drug errors; Liquorice - a novel treatment for menopause?; Blood pressure drugs can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s.

• Paper talk: Antibiotics could protect against bowel cancer; Dramatic fall in global Malaria deaths; Health warning for fish pedicures

• Paper talk: Health and Social Care Bill moves to next stage; More than 1,000 strokes a year could be avoided

• HIV life expectancy increases by 15 years

• STI resistance is ‘alarming’

• Paper talk: Rare type of hypoglycaemia found to be genetic; Researchers looking for diabetes sufferers to take part in research

• Paper talk: Language tests will help stop poor treatment, says Andrew Lansley; Stem cell breakthrough could lead to cure for Parkinson’s and diabetes

• Pharmacy-backed bowel cancer campaign sees awareness success

• MHRA: NSAID use should be as short as possible

• Paper talk: 12p anti-smoking pill triples smoker’s chances of quitting; NHS chief executive admits taxpayers will bail out hospitals

• Paper talk: Pfizer in patent row over Viagra; Gardasil is more cost-effective than current cervical cancer vaccine

• Synthetic insulin must be available to improve quality of life, diabetes charity says

• Paper talk: Ministers may offer poor performing NHS IT contractor extra cash; Brain tumour shrinking drug launched as one-a-day pill

• Paper talk: Man to appear in court over Nurofen Plus sabotage; Physiotherapists could be allowed to prescribe medication

• Paper talk: Pharmaceutical companies pay doctors to prescribe their products; NHS orders an extra two million flu vaccines

• Paper talk: PFI hospitals jeopardising NHS Trusts; £11bn NHS IT project scrapped

• Paper talk: Cancer drug that extends life expectancy available from tomorrow; NHS pay freeze described as unsustainable

• Paper talk: UK's first brain tumour tissue bank launched; Over-60s with type 2 diabetes twice as likely to develop dementia

• Concerns over anticholinergics despite latest findings

• Welsh pharmacy campaign finds nearly one in 10 at high risk of type 2 diabetes

• Macrogols now treatment of choice for constipation

• Doctors outraged as flu campaign is dropped; Patients with xanthelasmata have increased risk of heart attacks