At a summit today in London, GPs, hospital doctors, nurses and pharmacists are calling for binding national “rollback” targets on antibiotic prescribing to halt the relentless rise in antibiotic resistance.
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A dedicated fund worth £40 million this year is to give patients greater access to new medicines, Health Secretary Alex Neil has announced. The £40m New Medicines Fund expands, and
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Physiotherapists, chiropodists and podiatrists in Wales now have new powers to prescribe medicines to their patients, the Welsh Government announced. From today, new laws come into force, which will allow
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The Care Inspectorate has published updated guidance on the management of medication in daycare of children and childminding services. This update takes into account recent changes to dosage instructions for
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Half of youngsters given drugs to address mental health problems said they felt “frightened” when they were prescribed the medicine, a poll suggests. Forty nine percent of those aged 13
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More than one in five parents would not tell their GP if their child suffered a reaction to a medicine, while almost six in 10 would fail to tell a
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