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Community pharmacies to be funded to spot signs of cancer and make direct hospital referrals
Community pharmacies in England could soon be allowed to make cancer referrals to hospitals under new plans to improve early detection of the disease.
An...
Leeds teaching hospital partners with Boehringer Ingelheim to set up innovative cardiometabolic clinic
In partnership with the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) has recently established an innovative cardiometabolic clinic.
The clinic focuses on reducing...
One in eight patients developed heart inflammation after hospitalisation with Covid-19
One in eight people who were hospitalized with Covid-19 between May 2020 and March 2021 were later diagnosed with myocarditis, according to major new...
PDA issues advisory on ‘Paxlovid’ antiviral treatment for non-hospitalised patients
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has issued an advisory information to community pharmacy contractors about Paxlovid antiviral treatment for non-hospitalised patients.
“Patients will be assessed...
UK study to test Pfizer’s Covid pill in hospitalised patients
Pfizer's oral Covid-19 therapy will be evaluated as a potential treatment for patients hospitalized with the illness in a major British trial, scientists said on...
New NHS ‘planned care’ hospitals to tackle Covid-19 backlogs
NHS moves a step ahead towards its efforts to address covid-19 backlogs by opening a new 'planned care' hospital in Berkshire dedicated to non-emergency...