Clinical
A study of over half-a-million over-65s has found links between repeatedly taking paracetamol and complications including gastrointestinal bleeding and heart failure.
A postgraduate pharmacy student has been removed from the register after she “falsified” documents during her studies, “invented reasons for absences” and made “widespread clinical failures” during her time of employment.
New caps on the maximum number of paid Pharmacy First consultations have begun this month, rising between 55% and 94% across different types of pharmacies.
The medicines regulator has ordered an online pharmacy to amend its advertising for medication “not licensed for weight loss” following a complaint, it has revealed.
A mum of three was landed in hospital shortly after taking weight loss jab Mounjaro, having “bought into” an online pharmacy’s ad for the drug on social media, C+D has learned.
The medicines watchdog has received reports of some 10 deaths “with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) indicated for weight management” such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, C+D can reveal.
The pharmacy network has lost more than £115-million-worth of potential Pharmacy First funding this year due to “informal referrals” by GPs and NHS 111, a new audit by the negotiator has revealed.
NHS England’s (NHSE) chief pharmacist has revealed that he was “really delighted” to see the government legislation allowing pharmacy technicians to supply drugs under PGDs.
The minimum number of Pharmacy First consultations pharmacies must complete to qualify for a monthly payment has been reduced until March next year, NHS England has revealed.
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