Author: Rebecca Dew

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An age­ing pop­u­la­tion, increas­ing lev­els of obe­si­ty and an asso­ci­at­ed increase in dia­betes are cre­at­ing an unsus­tain­able demand for NHS ser­vices against a back­drop of huge fund­ing gaps. With no addi­tion­al fund­ing forth­com­ing, pol­i­cy­mak­ers recog­nise the need to pre­vent peo­ple requir­ing admit­tance to hos­pi­tal and move ser­vices out of hos­pi­tals…

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Phar­macists hold key to sur­vival of NHS, health lead­ers claim Would you be hap­py to con­sult your chem­ist over your GP? For which med­ical con­di­tions would you choose one over the oth­er? Mil­lions of patients should go to a high street phar­macist for minor ail­ments rather than both­er­ing their GP, health lead­ers say today. Phar­macists…

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Self­Care Phar­ma­cy is cov­er­ing a range of long term con­di­tions includ­ing ‑Dia­betes ‑Car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease ‑Res­pi­ra­to­ry dis­ease ‑Men­tal health We are start­ing with heart mon­i­tor­ing on 2nd June 2014- Offer­ing free Heart checks for Heart Rhythm Week (2nd June 2014–8th June 2014)   For more infor­ma­tion on Self­Care Phar­ma­cy click here…

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NHS Eng­land Patient safe­ty alert to improve report­ing and learn­ing of med­ica­tion and med­ical devices inci­dents How we should all make bet­ter use of phar­ma­cists – Clare Howard Bul­letin for CCGs: Issue 55 Patient safe­ty alert to improve report­ing and learn­ing of med­ica­tion and med­ical devices inci­dentsPost­ed: 20 Mar 2014…

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