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Small businesses to benefit from tax breaks
10 Dec 12 | 16.36 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Small and medium-sized businesses are to benefit from further tax breaks and allowances, according to the Government’s Autumn 2012 budget...
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Mental health patients have physical conditions overlooked
7 Dec 12 | 14.56 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Patients with severe mental illness are at risk of having other health conditions overlooked, say researchers...
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DEFRA to tackle fraudulent veterinary prescriptions
7 Dec 12 | 12.30 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
An improved system for reporting and recording cases involving fraudulent veterinary prescriptions is being considered by the Department... more >
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Do Controlled Drugs denaturing kits actually destroy the active drugs?
7 Dec 12 | 11.51 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
The time is right for an urgent review of the guidance provided to pharmacists by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to ensure patient Controlled Drug returns are truly safely destroyed
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Extra help for your diabetic patients
6 Dec 12 | 16.59 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
There are 2.9 million people living with diabetes in the UK and this number is predicted to rise. Janna Lawrence describes two new diabetes resources...
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POM to P reclassifications to get quicker
6 Dec 12 | 15.55 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
The reclassification of medicines is to become quicker following the launch of a new procedure...
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Extending tamoxifen treatment to 10 years reduces breast cancer mortality further
5 Dec 12 | 15.50 | England International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Extending tamoxifen treatment to 10 years rather than stopping at five years further reduces rates of recurrence...
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Parents should avoid taking medicines in front of children
4 Dec 12 | 16.43 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Parents should avoid taking medicines in front of children to reduce the incidence of poisoning, a study has concluded...
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Safety features needed on all prescription medicines to tackle counterfeits
3 Dec 12 | 16.50 | England EU Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Safety features that will be introduced in the EU to verify the authenticity of prescription-only medicines...
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Decriminalisation of dispensing errors on APPG radar
30 Nov 12 | 12.25 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Decriminalisation of dispensing errors is to be the subject of a public meeting held by the All-Party Pharmacy Group in the New Year... more >
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