NHS prepayment certificates may have saved patients nearly £500m in prescription costs
The NHS Business Services Authority's experimental analysis of data from 2024/2025 also revealed that prescriptions could have cost patients more...
Is a cure for epidermolysis bullosa on the horizon?
New trials to repurpose drugs for the rare genetic skin condition epidermolysis bullosa are offering families a level of hope...
Community pharmacys dispensing role ‘under threat
A report published by the Company Chemists' Association has urged the government to safeguard dispensing as community pharmacy transitions toward...
Managing the shift to prescribing at registration for pharmacists
Prescribing from registration offers pharmacy and the wider healthcare sector a great opportunity, but this reform must be managed and...
Almost half of weight-loss drug users modify doses, finds survey
Results from a survey conducted by LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor also showed that more than one-quarter of respondents said they had...
Pharmacy bodies express anger over exclusion from business rates relief
Community pharmacy representatives disappointed that pharmacies were not included in government decision to cut business rates for pubs and live...