Cardiovascular
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Pharmacists must ensure a new serious shortage protocol (SSP) for Ramipril 2.5mg tablets is “applied correctly” to payment claims, the negotiator has said.
The medicines regulator has approved the use of semaglutide injections to “reduce the risk” of “serious heart problems” in overweight adults.
Pharmacies in Northern Ireland will treat an additional six common conditions and offer several new services “subject to securing the necessary funding”, the Northern Irish government has announced.
The government has launched a new marketing campaign to promote the pharmacy hypertension case-finding service, targeting an estimated 4.2 million people.
In an exclusive opinion piece for C+D, pharmacy minister Andrea Leadsom thanks community pharmacists for their efforts in making the transition to Pharmacy First as smooth as possible
All Pharmacy First pharmacies must also provide the expanded hypertension and contraception services by March 2025, the negotiator, commissioner and government have told contractors.
A bid for an increase to the pharmacy contraception service fee was “rejected” by the government and NHS England (NHSE), the pharmacy negotiator has revealed.
A new pharmacy contraception service will launch next month, while the new Pharmacy First service will begin “early next year”, NHS England (NHSE) has announced.
A medicines safety audit at Peter Kelly’s pharmacy made him realise that patients’ reliance on anticoagulants shows no sign of wearing thin