With 850,000 people in the UK currently diagnosed with dementia, Numark is suggesting that its members develop a better understanding of the condition. In April, Numark is distributing resources to its members on behalf of Alzheimer’s Research UK comprising: An eight-page patient leaflet on Alzheimer's and memory loss x 20 A ‘postcard’ advertising Alzheimer’s Research [...]
An international team of scientists have provided insights into the working of a ‘signaling molecule’, which will provide new strategies for medicines in areas such as pain medication. In a study published in Nature, the team, led by scientists at the University Würzburg, Germany and including the University of Glasgow, have discovered that β-arrestins are [...]
Action to prevent a future health crisis caused by antimicrobial resistance has seen the number of antibiotics prescribed in primary care fall substantially last year. The progress follows the introduction of financial incentives in April 2015 by NHS England working with Public Health England (PHE). Between April and December 2015, two million fewer prescriptions were dispensed compared [...]
Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced the launch of a public consultation on how regulation of the pharmacy profession in Northern Ireland will be delivered in the future. Explaining his objective to strengthen and modernise regulation of the pharmacy profession in Northern Ireland, the Minister commented, ‘The pharmacy profession plays an important and valued role [...]
Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced a further investment of up to £17 million to support primary care. On a visit to Knockbreda Health Centre he also announced that he had received the report of the GP-led Working Group which he had established in October 2015 to look at the issues facing GP-led primary care [...]
Millions of pounds have been invested in a drug development programme to help boys with a rare life-limiting disease. The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre at Newcastle University has received £4.6 million from the European Commission for a pioneering clinical trial into the new drug, vamorolone. The European project, called VISION-DMD, involves 10 countries [...]
One of the most successful pharmacist couples in the world are to use their wealth to help students in financial need achieve their dreams at the alma mater which helped launch their careers, De Montfort University Leicester (DMU). Dr Vijay Patel, Chief Executive Officer of Waymade Healthcare, and his wife Smita will make the single biggest [...]
As evidence builds on the risk for babies of overweight mothers, a new simple guide defines the right advice to follow. The current reality in the UK is that nearly 50 per cent of pregnant women attending their first maternity appointment are overweight (19 per cent) or obese (26 per cent). We also know that [...]
Amendments to the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013 have been laid before parliament, and will come into force in two stages. From 1st April the terms of service will require NHS pharmacists who have access to the summary care record (SCR) to access this if they consider, in their clinical judgment that [...]
Medicines for Europe Better access. Better health is the new name of EGA. The repositioning of the association as Medicines for Europe aims to drive greater healthcare efficiency through better health outcomes while providing solutions for the sustainability of European healthcare systems facing increased demographic demands on healthcare services. ‘Medicines for Europe Better access. Better health [...]
