NHS & Government

Drug shortages "inevitable", health minister says

6 Feb 12 | 16.17 | England Scotland Wales

Medicine shortages are "inevitable" given the number of prescriptions dispensed each year, health minister Simon Burns MP said last week...
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Bank holiday 2012

6 Feb 12 | 11.00 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

The end of May bank holiday has been moved to 4 June 2012 with an extra bank holiday on 5 June 2012
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Welsh market entry consultation proposes use of PNAs

6 Feb 12 | 10.48 | Wales

Pharmaceutical needs assessments (PNAs) might be used to govern market entry for pharmacies in Wales, according to a consultation...
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Over 400 request prescription payment checks

3 Feb 12 | 15.43 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

A total of 434 pharmacy contractors requested a total of 5,623 prescription payment checks from the NHS Business Services Authority...
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Every little bit helps

3 Feb 12 | 10.49 | England Scotland Wales

What do the new medicine service, the chronic medication service and discharge medication reviews have in common? Bit of a silly question, you may think
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Benefits of merging hospitals disputed

3 Feb 12 | 10.30 | England

Merging hospitals reduces the number of admissions, but also removes capacity, extends waiting times and increases the distance patients have to travel to hospital, according to a report
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Calls to stop roll-out of NHS 111

2 Feb 12 | 17.17 | England

Nine serious incidents have been reported with England’s pilot NHS 111 telephone service, it has emerged more >
PJ letters (4 February 2012) (RPS members only)

2 Feb 12 | 17.03 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

The letters in the attached PDF have been published in the 4 February 2012 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal
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Call for all babies to receive vitamin D supplements

2 Feb 12 | 15.10 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Babies under the age of six months should be routinely given vitamin D supplements, the Heath Research Forum has said...
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Better audit trails needed to weed out counterfeits

1 Feb 12 | 17.37 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Systems are needed to allow drugs to be tracked from the manufacturer all the way to the patient, to help in the battle...
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