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Pharmacies set to supply take-home naloxone without a prescription

 
• By Kate Bowie

The government has announced that it will give pharmacists and pharmacy technicians the power to supply naloxone for future use without a prescription. 

Naloxone kit
"We aim to enact these changes over the course of this year"
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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