Treatments for cancer patients are among those approved for use on the NHS in Scotland in the latest round of decisions from the Scottish Medicines Consortium. It has accepted polatuzumab
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Women’s rights groups have said there is “desperate need for legal reform” after a mother-of-three was jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her pregnancy during lockdown. Carla Foster,
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Drug-related deaths among Scots who were dependent on opioids more than trebled between 2011 and 2020, according to new research. In a large-scale study involving almost 50,000 people over a
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Patients will be able to obtain prescription medicines and oral contraception directly from pharmacies under a blueprint to ease the pressure on GPs’ appointments. Treatments for seven common conditions including
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More pharmacies are expected to close unless the Government provides “urgently” needed funding to the “struggling” sector, industry leaders have said. The warnings come as healthcare providers await Government proposals
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Pharmacy leaders have raised concerns that patients could be coming to harm as a result of medicine supply issues. A new poll found that almost nine in 10 (87%) believe
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A new treatment which could “transform” the lives of patients with severe asthma is to be approved for NHS use. Tezepelumab, which is known as a biologic medicine, could be
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A shortage of neurology staff in the NHS is preventing people with multiple sclerosis (MS) from accessing cutting-edge treatments, a charity has said. The MS Society said overstretched staff are
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Staff at an ambulance trust frequently responded to emergencies without enough medicine, inspectors have found. A damning report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said patients were facing treatment delays
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Antidepressant prescriptions for children in one part of Scotland have increased by almost 60% in six years, research has found. Experts from the University of Aberdeen compared mental health prescriptions issued
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