Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts
Monday, January 25, 2010

Boots hit by mass homeopathy 'overdose'

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There is mention of a "sympathy protest" in Canada. Has anyone heard if this has happened? From the Telegraph (UK): The protester...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

NHS faces 'potentially serious problems' from wrong prescriptions on the NHS

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From the Telegraph (UK ): Junior doctors on average fill out five or six prescription forms during their whole time in medical school only t...
Saturday, August 08, 2009

Nurses and pharmacists to be given off-label prescribing rights

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From Pulse (UK): Exclusive: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is planning a controversial change in the law to allow n...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Swine flu fears prompt run on UK pharmacies

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From CNN.com: Pharmacies in England are reporting a run on supplies like surgical masks, thermometers and anti-bacterial gels by customers c...

Miracle diet pill alli sold to slim women by chemists

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From the Times (UK): High street chemists are selling a new over-the-counter diet pill to women who do not have weight problems, a report ha...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

High-tech pharmacist of the future based in Lindley

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I thought this was an interesting approach to pharmaceutical manufacturing that isn't occurring in Canada, at least not yet. From the Hu...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Community pharmacist admits fatal medicine mistake

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From Management in Practice: A pharmacist who had worked a 10-hour shift without a break wept in court when it heard an elderly woman collap...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Fury as High Street pharmacy sells morning-after pill online in bulk

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From the Daily Mail (UK): Women can bulk buy the morning-after pill over the internet from today - but critics claim it will promote promisc...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

Chemists to provide obesity pill

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From BBC News: The obesity pill, orlistat, has been licensed to be sold over-the-counter at chemists in the EU. The pill, which works by blo...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Pill to be given out by chemists

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From BBC News: A pilot scheme allowing pharmacists to give women the contraceptive pill without a prescription has been given the go-ahead f...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Change to GP dispensing opposed

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This is more evidence that there are turf wars between pharmacists and physicians throughout the world. The battles involve different topic...
Monday, October 27, 2008

National Pharmacy Association Insurance Covers Pharmacists For Flu Vaccinations, UK

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From Medical News Today: NPA Insurance has confirmed that individual pharmacists who have taken out the £99 NPA Insurance policy or pharmacy...

Unused drugs costing NHS millions

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From BBC News: As much as £1 worth of every £20 spent on prescription drugs is never used by patients, according to the NHS. A Scottish GP h...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Pharmacists give wrong advice to almost half of customers, watchdog claims

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From the Telegraph (UK): An undercover investigation has found that many pharmacies – especially independent outlets – are relying on poorly...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Pharmacist's jars worth thousands of pounds are discovered in a cupboard

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From the Daily Mail (UK): A pharmacist who spent decades devoting her life to her business never realised she had a ready-made fortune on he...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Chlamydia drug over-the-counter

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From BBC News: For the first time an antibiotic for chlamydia is to be made available from pharmacists, without a prescription. People aged ...
Monday, July 21, 2008

Pharmacists urged to 'tell the truth' about homeopathic remedies

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From the Guardian (UK): Britain's leading pharmacists' organisation is being urged to crack down on high street chemists that sell h...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

Boots accused of selling quack medicines

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From the Guardian (UK): Boots, the high street chemist, is becoming the country's largest seller of quack medicine, according to Britain...

UK pharmacists' role to expand

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From the Irish Medical Times: UK proposals mean that patients could be treated for minor ailments in their local pharmacies and could even b...
Sunday, April 06, 2008

The pharmacist will see you now

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From the Los Angeles Times: Twice a week, Stephen Inns sees patients with high blood pressure at his office in a medical practice in souther...