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Oxygen
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High pressure oxygen cylinders with integrated headsets are to become prescribable for the last few months that community pharmacies will provide home oxygen services in England more >
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Pharmacists trained to give flu vaccines
17 Sep 05 | 0.00 |
Pharmacists working within City and Hackney Primary Care Trust were trained to administer influenza vaccines last week in an attempt to improve uptake of the vaccine in east London during this year's annual flu campaign more >
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SMC recommends use of six medicines in NHS Scotland
17 Sep 05 | 0.00 |
Six further medicines have been recommended for use in NHS Scotland by the Scottish Medicines Consortium this week. One drug has been rejected following a re-submission more >
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Prescription pricing accuracy
17 Sep 05 | 0.00 |
Pharmacy contractors in England are losing less money each year as a result of increasing accuracy at the Prescription Pricing Authority more >
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Positive results for Exubera
17 Sep 05 | 0.00 |
Exubera, an inhaled rapid-acting insulin preparation, is as effective as subcutaneous insulin in achieving glycaemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes, new data show more >
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More generic consultations announced
17 Sep 05 | 0.00 |
Two further rounds of consultation on the reimbursement of generic medicines have been announced by the Department of Health more >
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NHS medicines bill declines
17 Sep 05 | 0.00 |
NHS spending on medicines in the UK has grown more slowly than the rest of NHS spending since 1999, according to the latest Compendium of Health Statistics launched by the Office of Health Economics this week more >
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New proposals to encourage use of patient packs
17 Sep 05 | 0.00 |
Dispensers could be allowed to round the quantity ordered on a prescription, in order to enable original patient pack dispensing, under proposals put out to consultation by the Department of Health last week more >
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Diabetes classifications blurred and need updating
17 Sep 05 | 0.00 |
Distinctions between juvenile type 1 and type 2 diabetes are being blurred and their classifications need to be re-explored, Dorothy Becker of the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh told a symposium at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Athens this week more >
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Global type 2 diabetes guidelines launched
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Global guidelines for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes, were launched by the International Diabetes Federation this week more >
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