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NHS England (NHSE) has greenlit plans for the “vast majority” of vaccination and screening services to be commissioned locally from April next year.
Proposals to delegate “all vaccination services” and “most components of screening services” to integrated care boards (ICBs) have been approved by NHSE’s board, it yesterday (February 11) told C+D.
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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.
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”.