The Department of Health and Social Care is issuing a list of medical conditions and categories where it is encouraging more reclassification applications to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). What is medicine reclassification? Medicines can be reclassified …
Patients can now get treatment for seven common conditions directly from their local pharmacy, without the need for a GP appointment or prescription. The Pharmacy First scheme was launched by the government and NHS England on 31 January 2024 …
The government has met its target of recruiting 26,000 additional primary care professionals – one year ahead of the March 2024 deadline. Data published today by NHS England shows there are 29,103 additional primary care staff delivering care to …
**Updated 29 September 2023** This government is committed to improving access to dentistry. We have already introduced a range of measures to improve access to NHS dentistry in England and we will soon publish a plan to boost access and …
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 Hillview GP Surgery recently.
The Department of Health is today (31st March 2017) launching a consultation seeking views on the prescribing of gluten-free foods, in a bid to save the NHS millions each year. This follows on from NHS England’s announcement this week of …
Plans to modernise community pharmacies and ensure a better quality service for patients have been announced by the government today (20 Oct).
Response to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) about our proposals for community pharmacy funding.
The CQC has today published its State of Care report, an annual assessment of the quality of health and adult social care in England.
- Tough new targets to limit inappropriate use of antibiotics - Commitment to halve drug-resistant infections by 2020 - New drive to encourage development of new antibiotics The UK will lead the international fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by bringing …
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