Cardiology

GPs to vote on ‘immediate’ end to pharmacy blood pressure checks

GP leaders have called for pharmacy blood pressure checks to be “terminated with immediate effect” ahead of the BMA’s annual GP conference later this month, where the motion and other community pharmacy issues will be debated.

Pharmacists to identify beta blocker patients after packaging ‘mix-up’

A batch of beta blocker medicine has been recalled as a “precautionary measure” amid concerns that blister strips of a different medication could be inside the tablet pack, the pharmacy negotiator has announced.