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NHS to save £152m on medicines as government demands higher rebates from pharmaceutical companies
The government is set to increase the amount of funding pharmaceutical companies will have to rebate the NHS on drug sales, resulting in an estimated £152m of savings by 2021.
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Bolton pharmacy claims to be first in UK to become FMD compliant
A pharmacy in Bolton says it is the first in the UK to become fully compliant with the requirements of the Falsified Medicines Directive.
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No mentoring required for prescribers who supervise independent pharmacy prescriber trainees
Prescribers who will supervise pharmacist independent prescribers in training will not have to be mentored, contrary to earlier proposals, the General Pharmaceutical Committee has proposed
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All patients to have their prescriptions processed electronically under EPS pilot extension
Patients are now able to have their prescriptions processed electronically by any pharmacy in England under the latest electronic prescription service pilot.
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Winter pressures campaign urges Scots to check repeat prescriptions
Patients in Scotland are being urged to check their repeat prescriptions as part of a campaign targeting people with minor ailments and illnesses.
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PSNC says pharmacists should be able to substitute drugs to ease Brexit supply pressures
Pharmacy negotiators have suggested that community pharmacists should be able to automatically substitute an alternative medicine if they cannot dispense the prescribed item, as a way to help deal with any possible drugs shortages post-Brexit.
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HIV diagnoses continue to decline as UK meets global prevention targets, says PHE
Public Health England has hailed the UK’s efforts to prevent the spread of HIV a success, as the number of new patients diagnosed with the infection continues to decline.
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NHS England to save £300m after patent expiry of most costly drug
The NHS in England will save £300m from the patent expiry of adalimumab, the most costly drug used in NHS hospitals, which is double previous estimates, NHS England has announced.
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Health secretary asked for list of medicines at risk under 'no-deal' Brexit
Sarah Wollaston, chair of the House of Commons health and social care committee, has written to health and social care secretary Matt Hancock to ask him to publish a list of medicines and medical products that have been identified as at risk of supply issues in the case of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.
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New voluntary pricing agreement could cut NHS drugs bill by almost £1bn a year
Patients could have early access to new medicines while the NHS is expected to save around £930m on its annual medicine bill under a new voluntary scheme to control pricing of branded medicines, which is expected to come into effect in January 2019.
