NHS & Government

RPS warns against including medicines in personal budgets

30 Apr 13 | 15.11 | England

Pharmacy’s professional body has warned against including medicines in personal health budgets...
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Initiative aims to improve discharge information

29 Apr 13 | 16.35 | England

An electronic system that allows hospital pharmacists to send medicines information to community pharmacists is being developed by... more >
EU list of “black triangle” medicines published

29 Apr 13 | 16.24 | EU

The European Medicines Agency has published its initial list of medicines subject to additional monitoring as part of the new EU-wide more >
PCC clarifies service commissioning arrangements

29 Apr 13 | 15.40 | England

Smoking cessation and emergency hormonal contraception services should no longer be referred to as enhanced services... more >
UK spends less on new medicines than other developed countries

26 Apr 13 | 15.45 | England EU International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Investment in new medicines is falling as a proportion of total NHS spend — a “crude” savings approach that may be damaging patient care... more >
MMR vaccination programme to target one million

25 Apr 13 | 16.56 | England Scotland Wales

One million children and teenagers in England are to be targeted in a national MMR vaccination catch-up programme, announced today... more >
Community pharmacy champion funding to continue

24 Apr 13 | 15.27 | Scotland

Funding for community pharmacist practitioner champions in Scotland will be continued in 2013-14...
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All change for commissioning and medicines management pharmacists

24 Apr 13 | 15.11 | England

There are mixed feelings among pharmacists about what the recent NHS reforms in England have meant for their working practices. Debbie Andalo spoke to some of them more >
Abatacept approved by NICE with patient access agreement

24 Apr 13 | 9.26 | England Wales

Abatacept (Orencia) can now be used for the treatment of some patients with rheumatoid arthritis in England and Wales after the Department... more >
NICE confirms omalizumab advice

24 Apr 13 | 9.22 | England Wales

Omalizumab (Xolair) can now be prescribed within the NHS in England and Wales as an option for adults and children over six years old with... more >