15 May 2009
Pharmacists can now provide patients with a month's supply of prescription-only medicine without a
12 Sep 2008
| by Gemma McKenna
GPs in Northern Ireland have been swamped with additional work after a deal for pharmacists...had been redirected for treatment by 500 community pharmacists. In Craigavon, where take ...
with pharmacists. The service was designed to save the NHS money by reducing visits to GPs. Initially ...
of Health, Social Services and Public Safety wrote to pharmacists in July asking them to enhance the service ...
09 Jul 2009
for pharmacists sets a 'dangerous precedent'....NHS pharmacists in England and Wales. The pharmacists' pay review body proposed a premium of up to 5 ...
01 May 2009
Plans to allow pharmacists to substitute drugs prescribed by brand with generic replacements could...consultation would take place before introducing generic substitution by pharmacists. GPC prescribing lead Dr ...
Drug shortages are occurring in the UK because pharmacists are selling medicines to overseas
15 Jan 2010
The DoH has called for PCTs to work with GPs, pharmacists and social care providers to determine
31 Oct 2008
Researchers followed 2,346 adults on warfarin who experienced a total of 126 admissions to hospital due to warfarin-related bleeding. Patients who received written instructions from a doctor, nurse or pharmacist had a 60 per cent reduced rate of bleeding, compared with patients who received only ...
26 Jun 2009
success. The key is to have a triangle approach - this involves the patient, GP and pharmacist ...
and pharmacist collaboration this scheme will have downfalls, as Dr Lancelot mentioned. I also agree ...
. It has many benefits for both GPs and patients. Raj Sangha, pharmacist, Bedfordshire. ...
The announcement follows a recent case in which a community pharmacist was given a suspended prison sentence after reporting a single, genuine error. Shadow health minister Andrew Lansley made the pledge at the annual conference of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in Manchester ...
15 Jun 2007
, family planning clinic or pharmacist. ...