Cardiovascular

Pharmacy First, contraception and BP ‘bundling’ delayed

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Rules that would have required pharmacies to provide three services in order to qualify for a fixed monthly payment have been delayed by two months.

Exclusive: Pharmacists now able to read patient GP records

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Community pharmacies now have access to a patient’s GP record at the point of delivering any NHS clinical pharmacy service, C+D has learned.

NICE: Check BMI of adults with long-term conditions ‘at least’ yearly

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has proposed that people with long-term conditions – including obstructive sleep apnoea, schizophrenia and learning disabilities – are weighed annually.

Pharmacy systems under scrutiny after drug interaction ‘sudden death’

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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”.

AAH: Pharmacies ‘incorrectly charged’ £2k for £45 drug

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CPE has urged pharmacies to “check your invoices” after some were wrongly charged almost £2,000 per pack against NHS prescriptions for cholesterol-lowering medication Inclisiran.

Weight loss jabs linked to ‘reduced risk’ of Alzheimer’s and dementia

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The use of weight loss drugs has been associated with a “reduced risk of substance use” and “neurocognitive disorders” including Alzheimer’s and dementia – along with a handful of other illnesses – a new study has revealed.

Repeat paracetamol use linked to ‘serious complications’ in over-65s

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A study of over half-a-million over-65s has found links between repeatedly taking paracetamol and complications including gastrointestinal bleeding and heart failure.

CCA calls for pharmacy BP checks to treble amid GP bid to stop them

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The CCA has said there is an “urgent need to scale up” hypertension screening services in pharmacies despite GP leaders voting for these services to be “terminated with immediate effect”.

GPs and pharmacies must work in ‘joined-up way’, says BMA

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The BMA has urged GPs and community pharmacies to “work in a joined-up way” after GP leaders last week voted “overwhelmingly” for pharmacy blood pressure checks to be terminated immediately.

In full: ‘We cannot afford a race to the bottom’: GP leaders vote for an ‘immediate’ end to pharmacy blood pressure checks

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GP leaders have voted “overwhelmingly” for pharmacy blood pressure checks to be “terminated with immediate effect” at the BMA’s annual GP conference – also calling for Pharmacy First to be “immediately discontinued” and funds “redirected” into general practice.