Cardiovascular

The BMA has urged GPs and community pharmacies to “work in a joined-up way” after GP leaders last week voted “overwhelmingly” for pharmacy blood pressure checks to be terminated immediately.

GP leaders have voted “overwhelmingly” for pharmacy blood pressure checks to be “terminated with immediate effect” at the BMA’s annual GP conference – also calling for Pharmacy First to be “immediately discontinued” and funds “redirected” into general practice.

A pharmacy group has urged the BMA to reject a GP leaders’ motion for pharmacy blood pressure checks to be “terminated with immediate effect”, which is set to be debated at the BMA’s annual GP conference tomorrow.

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Pharmacists must ensure a new serious shortage protocol (SSP) for Ramipril 2.5mg tablets is “applied correctly” to payment claims, the negotiator has said.  

The medicines regulator has approved the use of semaglutide injections to “reduce the risk” of “serious heart problems” in overweight adults. 

Pharmacies in Northern Ireland will treat an additional six common conditions and offer several new services “subject to securing the necessary funding”, the Northern Irish government has announced.  

The government has launched a new marketing campaign to promote the pharmacy hypertension case-finding service, targeting an estimated 4.2 million people.

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All Pharmacy First pharmacies must also provide the expanded hypertension and contraception services by March 2025, the negotiator, commissioner and government have told contractors.