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The next stage of the Digital Minor Illness Referral Service (DMIRS) sees GPs in pilot areas refer patients with low acuity conditions – such as...
12/07/2019 2
Glaucoma is the second-most common cause of blindness in the UK, according to the Royal National Institute of Blind People. Despite this, eye drop...
11/07/2019 0
It’s fair to say I hadn’t given much thought to how pharmacies operate across the channel until last year. But that all changed in October, when...
05/07/2019 4
A PCN is a network of GP surgeries covering around 30,000-50,000 patients each. First announced as part of the NHS long-term plan, around 1,000 PCNs...
28/06/2019 4
Community pharmacies in England delivered more than 1.4 million vaccinations for the 2018-19 national flu service, according to NHS Business Services...
26/06/2019 0
Changes in regulation relating to medicinal cannabis, and the increasing popularity of CBD products, have led to a grey area around how pharmacists...
21/06/2019 6
At the heart of ongoing negotiations for the 2019-20 pharmacy contract in England is a desire for the sector to do more. Discussions between the...
20/06/2019 1
The Welsh community pharmacy agenda is now leagues of UK neighbours England and Northern Ireland, having made steady progress in recent years. In...
12/06/2019 1
Omeprazole is part of the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) class of medicines.(1) Although these medicines do not fall into a national target group for...
12/06/2019 0
Prednisolone belongs to the corticosteroid class of medicines. It is a synthetic version of a hormone synthesised by the adrenal cortex that produces...
06/06/2019 0
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