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Toddler died after pharmacy could not amend amoxicillin script

Coroner urges Streeting to consider legislation change after toddler's death from sepsis.

14 Jan 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Almost 17m items for dependency-forming medicines prescribed in second quarter

Opioids were the most prescribed in quarter two of 2024-25 with 9.85 million items.

10 Dec 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Community pharmacies’ take-home naloxone powers kick in today

Community pharmacies can now order and supply take-home naloxone kits.

02 Dec 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Almost 50 hospitalised after taking weight loss drugs, warns MHRA

MHRA issues GLP-1 receptor agonist warning to pharmacy teams.

24 Oct 2024 , 2 Min Article

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