...when they enter hospital, to the barcodes used to record their medication and the equipment used in their treatment, each code can be scanned to show exactly which member of...
...reduce demand for antibiotics; - Setting an overall target for antibiotic use in livestock and fish farmed for food, cutting use to the level recommended by Lord O’Neill by 2018....
...and other settings, and make better use of technology. "We also have a responsibility to make sure we get the best use from our resources, and currently 40 percent of...
...called Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues. They are licensed only for use in young children (for precocious puberty) or older adults (for certain cancers). They are not licensed for use for...
Improving care for patients, making the best use of pharmacists’ skills and saving money for the NHS were top of the agenda on the Health Minister David Mowat’s visit to...
...a ban on the use of agencies that refuse to supply workers at the shift rate caps will be extended to all staff groups in the NHS, at present it...
...when inhaled, is a highly addictive drug. The addictive nature of nicotine means that a user can become dependent on vapes, especially if they use them regularly. We have a...
...by antimicrobial resistance. Every signatory has agreed that drug resistant infections must be tackled as a priority. The nations have committed to: Develop surveillance and regulatory systems on the use...
...has long been my personal goal to encourage responsible use of antibiotics in human and animal health, and the agriculture, farming, fisheries and environmental sectors. When we use antibiotics inappropriately,...
...preference for Pfizer or Moderna because we have data from the US rollout on these vaccines being used for pregnant women. The results from clinical trials are all different and...
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