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The Government consultation with the pharmaceutical industry over plans to use new powers to limit the price of generic medicines has been delayed until later in 2019, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has said.
The DHSC told The Pharmaceutical Journal that the consultation has yet to be sent out to the industry because it wants to ensure the proposals are sufficiently robust beforehand.
It said the consultation will be published later this year instead.
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The number of items prescribed by primary care for the treatment of obesity continues a downward trend since a peak of 1.45 million in 2009, according to statistics published by NHS Digital.
The annual collection of new and previously published figures on obesity, titled The Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, England, 2019, shows an 8 per cent decrease in the number of items prescribed by primary care for obesity treatment.
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Clinical commissioning group (CCG) attempts to cut costs by switching patients’ insulin has resulted in safety incidents, the NPA’s medicines safety officer (MSO) has said.
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has received between two and three reports of patient safety incidents resulting from CCG medicines management teams switching patients from Lantus to Abasaglar insulin as a cost-saving measure, Leyla Hannbeck told C+D following her latest MSO report last month.
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Most of us welcome hot weather, but when it's too hot for too long, there are health risks.
Tip for coping in hot weather; Stay out of the sun and don't go out between 11 am and 3 pm (the hottest part of the day) if you're vulnerable to the effects of heat.
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Many children with asthma think they are using their asthma inhaler medication correctly when they are not, making it difficult to keep the condition under control, a study has shown.
In a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), researchers surveyed 65 pairs of parents and children aged 8–14 years and found that nearly all children (97%) misused their inhaler.
Only 5% of childr...en who were confident in their inhaler technique used their inhaler without misuse, while 4% of children whose parents were confident in their children’s technique properly used their inhaler. None of the parents underestimated the children’s skills.
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"All the staff at Bethune Pharmacy are fantastic, very helpful and so caring! I would 100% recommend this Pharmacy."
Another fantastic review for Bethune Pharmacy, well-done team! Keep up the good work.

Health secretary Matt Hancock has said he is willing to look at "all options" to boost England's vaccination levels, including compulsory immunisation.
Mr Hancock told the BBC he did not want to "reach the point" of imposing jabs, but would "rule nothing out".
More than half a million children in the UK were unvaccinated against measles from 2010 to 2017, Unicef says.
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We have been working with independent contractors to add an additional revenue source to their companies.
Our wholesale process is fully licensed through the MhRA and monitored on a regular basis (by our in-house RP) to ensure that no ethical misconduct. Over the years we have been able to streamline our process to make it an easy decision for our clients to join our set up.
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All Opioid painkillers will carry additional warnings on their labels highlighting the addiction risk, health secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
The health secretary’s statement came as a response to a report revealing an increase of more than 60 per cent in prescriptions for opioid painkillers in the last ten years in England.
“I’m very worried about the overuse of opioids. We’re taking action to stop abuse before it’s too late,” the health secretary tweeted on Sunday.
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Millions of people all over the world suffer from Asthma. World Asthma Day is dedicated to raising awareness about this pernicious disease and seeks to bring awareness and advanced asthma care to sufferers throughout the world.
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Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best.
Fruit and vegetables are a good source of vitamins and minerals and fibre, and should make up just over a third of the food you eat each day.
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Guidance on how to share patient prescribing data in a standardised format to improve communications between healthcare professionals should result in better patient safety, according to the body that published it.
The guidance from the Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB), published on 29 April 2019, establishes how pharmacists, hospitals and GPs should record data about patients’ medications so that it can be shared between care settings.
The PRSB said in a statement t...hat pharmacists, hospitals and GPs currently “need to manually translate prescribing information to ensure the correct medicines, dosages and timings are identified and administered” when a patient is transferred.
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Nabbs Lane Pharmacy provides NHS Health Checks. As we get older, we have a higher risk of developing many conditions. The NHS Health Check helps find ways to lower these risks.
The Health Check is for adults in England aged 40-74. It’s designed to spot early signs of a stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes or dementia.

The reclassification of pregabalin and gabapentin as controlled drugs should reduce 'look-alike, sound-alike' errors, the NPA's medication safety officer has said.
Gabapentin and pregabalin continue to be among the most commonly confused medicines in pharmacies, Leyla Hannbeck's revealed in her latest MSO report last week (April 25).
However, she expects to see a reduction in the number of errors involving these drugs following their reclassification as class C controlled sub...stances from last month.
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Women who are too anxious or embarrassed to go for a smear test could instead provide a urine sample to be screened for cervical cancer, research suggests.
A trial found urine testing was as good at detecting a virus called HPV that is a big risk factor for cancer.
Bigger trials are still needed but experts said self-testing could be a game-changer for women.
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Happy 22nd Birthday Richard 🎈 We hope you have a wonderful day!
Can't beat an office birthday, plus we get to enjoy some cake!
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Tips for avoidance - Open or closed
Close windows during high pollen and spore counts.
Whenever possible, walk or cycle with an appropriate mask rather than travel by car, because the car is a very confined space that’s liable to trap particulates, including pollen and spores.
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Flower pollen
If you’re choosing trees, shrubs and flowers to plant in a garden, the species with flowers that attract insects are the best.
You should opt for flowers where insects have to search for the nectar. Often these blooms are trumpet-shaped; many are large and highly coloured.
... Generally, double-flowers are better than single flowers for lowering pollen levels in the garden.
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