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Most patients with hospital discharge delays blame medicines wait
Nearly three in four patients who were delayed on discharge from hospital said it was because they had to wait for medicines, a Care Quality Commission survey has found.
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No-deal Brexit could put UK at greater risk from falsifed medicines, HDA director tells MPs
Leaving the EU without a deal would likely result in the UK being “unplugged” from the Falsified Medicines Directive, Martin Sawer, executive director of the Healthcare Distribution Association, has told a select committee of MPs.
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LloydsPharmacy’s parent company buys repeat prescription app
LloydsPharmacy’s parent company, McKesson UK, has bought the online repeat prescription app ‘Echo’ — one of several pharmacy apps now on the NHS Digital app library.
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Room for improvement in UK heart failure care, researchers find Subscription
National reporting and incentive schemes, such as the Quality and Outcomes Framework, have not prevented suboptimal management of heart failure in the UK, research published in PLoS Medicine has concluded.
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Pharmacists excluded from shortage occupation list despite recruitment concerns
A government advisory committee has excluded pharmacists from the shortage occupation list, despite reported difficulties in recruitment.
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National guidance for antidepressant withdrawal too fast for some patients, says RCPsych
The Royal College of Psychiatrists wants the national clinical guideline governing withdrawal from antidepressants changed because it says the timescale is too quick for some patients.
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Medicine safety expert warns against 'unlawful' guidance to discard IV infusion sets
Following national guidance to discard an intravenous infusion set without flushing it is “unlawful”, the former head of safe medication practice at the National Patient Safety Agency has warned.
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NUMSAS referrals to community pharmacy more than double in a year
The number of referrals to community pharmacy through the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service (NUMSAS) has more than doubled in the past year, according to data from NHS England.
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Contraceptive pills to go out-of-stock for months resulting from 'capacity issues'
Two contraceptive pills will go out of stock until summer 2019, forcing prescribers to switch some women to alternative brands.
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Two pharmacists to lead deprescribing network across England
A deprescribing network led by two pharmacists will be launched in June 2019 to help address the issue of inappropriate polypharmacy across England and make deprescribing a “normal thing to do”.
