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Preventable risk factors account for nearly half of all cancer deaths

Cancer deaths due to preventable risk factors rose by 20.4 per cent over the last decade.

23 Aug 2022

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Boots extends partnership with Deliveroo to 125 stores

The partnership began last year as a trial involving 14 stores

23 Aug 2022

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GPs to issue ‘social prescriptions’ for exercise in new pilot

The Government has awarded £12.7m to 11 local authorities for the new pilot

22 Aug 2022

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NHS to pilot smaller doses of monkeypox vaccines

The smaller 0.1ml doses are equally effective, says the UKHSA

22 Aug 2022

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Covid booster campaign to kick off on September 12

The new Moderna bivalent jab will be the sole vaccine used this autumn and winter

19 Aug 2022

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Scotland makes period history

Period history was made this week as Scotland became the first country to make menstruation products free for all.

19 Aug 2022

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Rowlands announces partnership with booking software provider

Multiple says new software will save time for pharmacy teams

18 Aug 2022

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Contractor launches petition calling on government to stop violence in pharmacies

Mike Hewitson wants pharmacy staff to have access to a security fund to prevent abuse

17 Aug 2022

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Flu jab remuneration to remain fixed at £9.58 this year, NHSE reveals

PSNC 'disappointed' by NHS decision not to raise the vaccination fee amid costs crisis

17 Aug 2022

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Independent pharmacy is at risk of extinction, Tory peer warns

Lord Grade warns a contract that has not kept pace with inflation is imperilling small pharmacies

16 Aug 2022

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MHRA approves first bivalent Covid booster jab

New Moderna jab protects against Omicron as well as original 2020 variant

15 Aug 2022

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Dementia linked with hypothyroidism

Study finds a marked association between the two conditions among older people

12 Aug 2022

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Better Health Let’s Do This campaign

The latest NHS “Better Health Let’s Do This” campaign is harnessing the positive power of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

12 Aug 2022

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Over 10% of patients not receiving valproate cards from pharmacies

Safety requirements for sodium valproate still not being met, says NHS England

11 Aug 2022

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Diabetes prescriptions on the rise in England, latest figures reveal

Data shows 60.3 million items were prescribed in 2021-22 compared with 57.9 million in 2020-21

11 Aug 2022

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Less than half of UK adults aware of poor oral hygiene impact

Oral hygiene brand TePe has launched a consumer education campaign

11 Aug 2022

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