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The number of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescription items has rocketed up 22% in a year amid the introduction of a pre-payment certificate (PPC), new data has revealed.
New NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) data has revealed that the number of HRT medication items prescribed in England hit 13.3 million in 2023/24 – up 21.5% from the 10.9m prescribed in 2022/23.
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The Danish drugmaker has launched a “direct-to-patient” pharmacy, offering "all dose strengths of Wegovy at a reduced cost”.
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”.
Commissioners are looking for 66 pharmacies in the Midlands to offer a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pertussis vaccination service.
1Alliance Healthcare has revealed “plans to close” two Midlands service centres and proposed cuts at another, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
4Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished to bring the management of the NHS “back into democratic control”.
