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Medicine shortages: UK charities and pharmacists call for supply chain review
‘Unless there is openness and transparency between the government and manufacturers, resolving medicine shortages will remain impossible’
Health charities and community pharmacists have warned the...
‘83% of GPs in favour of strikes cite pay and funding concerns’, GP polls highlight
While burnout, high workloads, and patient safety fuel discontent, GPs against any changes to the existing contractÂ
General practitioners (GPs) across England have made a...
‘NHS should decentralise for a more localised healthcare delivery,’ new Reform report suggests
Reform's proposal introduces a model in which the centre of gravity in the health system is radically shifted to local decision-makers
In a bid to...
Dental and pharmacy technicians to free up appointments; get more power to supply meds
25,500 pharmacy technicians, 9,733 dental hygienists and 6,198 dental therapists in the UK to benefit from the new reform
In a move to make healthcare...
Tobacco and Vapes Bill introduced to Parliament: What you need to know
Under separate environmental legislation, the sale and supply of disposable vapes will be banned in England starting from April 2025.
A new bill was...
DHSC announces action to tackle ethnic and other biases in medical devices
The government has made a series of commitments, including removing racial bias from data sets used in clinical studies.
Reacting to recommendations from a UK-first...