Health & NHS news

Policy

Labour to introduce community pharmacy prescribing service if elected

Party manifesto confirms Streeting's pledge to overhaul primary care provision.

17 Jun 2024 , 2 Min Article

Men's health

Campaign to highlight testosterone deficiency in men

An educational website has been created by Besins Healthcare as part of its Stronger Voices campaign.

17 Jun 2024 , 1 Min Article

Screening & diagnostics

Health check for CVD integrated into NHS app

A new digital health check for cardiovascular disease is to be fully integrated with the NHS app as a result of a partnership with UK digital diagnostics company PocDoc.

12 Jun 2024 , 2 Min Article

Public health

New STD diagnoses in England on the rise, latest data reveals

There were 401,800 new diagnoses last year compared with 383,789 in 2022 which was a 4.7 per cent increase.

05 Jun 2024 , 1 Min Article

Clinical services

Sunak warned not to expand Pharmacy First without increase in funding

The National Pharmacy Association and Company Chemists’ Association said pharmacies need greater support if they are to provide more services.

03 Jun 2024 , 2 Min Article

Child & teen health

DH implements ‘emergency ban’ on puberty suppressing hormones

No new patients under 18 to be put on puberty suppressing hormones under emergency ban

30 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

Services

NHS BSA forces two pharmacies to hand back £33k in hypertension fees

Exclusive: NHS investigation leads to large recovery of fees from two pharmacies

16 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

Infections & antimicrobial stewardship

Bristol pharmacy secures grant funding to evaluate AMR solutions

Bedminster Pharmacy and UWE Bristol get grant funding from UK innovation fund

15 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

Regulations

Government greenlights two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing for January 2025

Legislation to enable two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing across the UK are planned to come into effect on 1 January 2025 “to gives the pharmacy sector time to explore the relevance of the new hub-and-spoke models to their businesses”.

14 May 2024 , 4 Min Article