Respiratory

Northern Irish pharmacies are set to offer a sore throat service from next month as part of a “winter preparedness plan” following a successful pilot, the government has announced.

Elderly patients will be eligible to receive the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine from September 1 in some community pharmacies, the government has announced.

The Conservative Party has said it will expand the Pharmacy First service to include two additional conditions if it wins the upcoming general election.

More people are looking for help quitting smoking in their community pharmacies, new NHS England (NHSE) data has shown.

There were more than 500 cases of whooping cough in England this January compared with a total of almost 860  “for the whole of” last year, the government has said.  

The medicines watchdog is finalising a review of asthma drug montelukast after a rise in Yellow Card reports, amid a shortage of other asthma drugs. 

COPD treatment is aimed at preventing and controlling symptoms, but do you know the stepwise approach?

Was this patient’s GP correct to send them home with inhaler advice alone?

Private respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and dengue fever vaccination services are now available in community pharmacies in a “first” for the sector, a clinical services provider has announced.  

Why are cases of COPD not being identified, and what can community pharmacists do about it?