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Inconsistent barcodes increase workload, endangers patients' lives: Survey

Under the Windsor Framework, since 1 January 2025 the use of 2D DataMatrix barcodes on medicines supplied to the UK market has become optional. As a result, barcode use on medicines packaging is becoming increasingly inconsistent.

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NHS should prepare for summers the same way it prepares for winters: Cooper

The Health Secretary also said the urban planners and architects should make sure that the buildings can adapt to heat as well as cold.

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RSV vaccine for pregnant mothers helps shield infants from deadly virus: Study

RSV infects around 90% of children in their first two years of life. While for many infants it can be managed at home, for some it can be severe requiring hospitalisation.

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