Clinical

Pharmacy stop-smoking service expands to ‘non-registered’ staff

 
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The new pharmacy contract has expanded who can deliver the smoking cessation service, as well as adding the provision of two drugs via PGDs.

Antidepressants added to NMS from October

 
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The government has announced an expansion to and fresh payment structure for the new medicine service (NMS) to “boost mental health support in the community”.

Pharmacies to offer free morning-after pill from October

 
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The government has announced that it will expand the pharmacy contraception service (PCS), making the morning-after pill “available free of charge” at pharmacies in England.


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Exclusive: Pharmacists now able to read patient GP records

 
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Community pharmacies now have access to a patient’s GP record at the point of delivering any NHS clinical pharmacy service, C+D has learned.

Semaglutide not linked to increased suicide risk, study finds

 
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A new study has revealed that the use of GLP-1RAs such as semaglutide are “not associated” with an increased risk of suicidality among patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Revealed: Pharmacy weight loss consultations rocket twenty-fold

 
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Consultation numbers for a pharmacy service provider’s weight management service have grown “exponentially” in the last year, C+D has learned.


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Oral health: Dental Caries

 
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NICE: Check BMI of adults with long-term conditions ‘at least’ yearly

 
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has proposed that people with long-term conditions – including obstructive sleep apnoea, schizophrenia and learning disabilities – are weighed annually.

Al-Hassan: Pharmacy prescribing service ‘two or three years’ away

 
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MP and pharmacist Sadik Al-Hassan has said the promised community pharmacy prescribing service is “deliverable” but not ready yet.


Pharmacies to boost naloxone stock amid ‘sudden’ overdose spike

 
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Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden collapse” due to overdoses.

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What is postmenopausal Vaginal Atrophy (VA)

 
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Evana® and Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (HMB)

 
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Novo Nordisk launches ‘lower cost’ Wegovy online pharmacy

 
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The Danish drugmaker has launched a “direct-to-patient” pharmacy, offering "all dose strengths of Wegovy at a reduced cost”.


Pharmacy systems under scrutiny after drug interaction ‘sudden death’

 
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A coroner has warned of the “potential dangers” of a trio of drugs, after a patient died who had been on them for four years “without concern”.

NHSE seeks pharmacies for RSV and whooping cough jab service

 
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Commissioners are looking for 66 pharmacies in the Midlands to offer a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pertussis vaccination service.

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Paydens reveals rollout of ‘same-day’ private prescribing service

 
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Paydens Pharmacy has announced the rollout of a private prescribing service that allows patients to access same-day care “without needing to see their GP” for £15 per consultation.

Boots to ‘review processes’ after caught dispensing Wegovy to teen

 
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The health secretary has deemed Boots weight loss safeguards “totally unacceptable” after a new Dispatches documentary found that the pharmacy provided a 16-year-old with Wegovy against its own policy.