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Healthcare professionals have been urged to stop supplying Oxbryta “immediately” after new data revealed “an unfavourable imbalance” of “fatal events” and “acute painful crises” in patients on the drug.  

NHS England (NHSE) has announced that it aims to “grow” monthly patient volumes across three pharmacy services by March 2025.

This Black History Month, Nonyelum Anigbo discusses the prevalence of sickle cell disease among Black patients, and the role of community pharmacy in supporting them

One third of all patients screened under a Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case Finding service pilot recorded high or very high blood pressure readings, new NHS England (NHSE) data has revealed.  

More than 400,000 blood pressure checks have been done by community pharmacy over a 10-month period, the pharmacy minister has revealed.

Community pharmacies completed 115,419 blood pressure checks on patients within six months of the launch of the hypertension case-finding service, data from the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) has revealed.

Community pharmacies in England have carried out 75,051 blood pressure checks within the seven months since the launch of the hypertension case-finding service, it has been revealed.

Superdrug has launched a health screening service in its 72 nurse-lead health clinics across the UK, with plans to make walk-in appointments available in all clinics in the future.

What is the secret to living a long, healthy life? Pharmacist Graham Phillips, who won the 2020 C+D Health Initiative of the Year Award, dispenses his pills of wisdom

Patients with an appointment for a vaccination at a pharmacy or NHS vaccination clinic could be given health checks at the same time from this autumn, NHSE&I has announced.