MARK MARLOW/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock This is the first time pharmacists have voted to take action in their history Pharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of cutting opening hours and stopping home deliveries for the first time, in a protest over government funding. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), which ran the ballot, … Read more
Most GP practices in England have been disrupted by the global IT outage, the NHS has said. GPs have been struggling to access their records systems, which include online bookings. Pharmacy services, such as access to prescriptions, have also been affected. The outage has led to long queues at UK airports and has knocked some … Read more
Dr Chris Castle, a GP in Portchester, close to the city, agrees, saying increasing access will actually come at a cost: “Patients are being told the problem is access, but the problem is that driving up access comes at a cost and that cost is that you affect quality of care.” Source link
Data shows there are now fewer local chemists than at any time since 2015, despite rising demand. Source link
The new protocol comes amid temporary supply issues of penicillin to treat strep A, as cases rise. Source link
“Pharmacist prescribers can help massively when you think about the shortages and the HRT issues, for example, that we are currently facing – having a pharmacist prescriber being able to prescribe alternative medicines without the patient having to wait to see the GP,” she said. Source link
Dr Bruce Warner, Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer at NHS England, said: “Obesity is a significant threat to the nation’s health – it increases your chance of dying from Covid and puts you at greater risk of stroke, cancer and other deadly disease. Source link
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Shreyans Mehta, Co-Founder, Sehat Sathi, to know more about health care start-ups and thier current focus on digital services. What is the trend that you see in health care start-ups today?As of 2021, the latest healthcare tech trends are online medicine, telehealth services, virtual and augmented reality, and artificial … Read more
But Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents the healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said accelerating the booster rollout would have “consequences” for a health service which was already stretched. Source link
By Shreyans Mehta In the past two decades, technology has taken every business sector to newer heights. It has impacted the lives of millions of people and many industries have embraced its potential in automating their business processes. Similarly, the healthcare sector has also adopted progressive technology models to redefine the way it functions and … Read more