Researchers call for prescription charge to be cut
Removing the $5 prescription charge for people in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation reduces the number of hospital admissions and the length of stays, a new study shows. […]
Removing the $5 prescription charge for people in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation reduces the number of hospital admissions and the length of stays, a new study shows. […]
A new drug company founded by entrepreneur Mark Cuban could save patients $1.29 billion a year based on 2020 Medicare Part D expenditures on just the nine most […]
Digital systems for patients to monitor and report symptoms remotely may offer a solution to reduce outpatient waiting lists, according to a new review published by the Journal of […]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved four new medicines at its January meeting, getting 2023 off to a low-key start. The Agency’s key human medicines committee (CHMP) […]
Professor Ashok Soni OBE is a community pharmacist and president of the National Association of Primary Care. He is also a non-executive director at Oxford University Hospitals and […]
As President of the National Association for Primary Care, Professor Ashok Soni OBE, hopes to use his position be a voice on behalf of the broader perception of […]
Caregivers need care, too. And now, researchers from Japan have found that their experience with healthcare professionals while caring for someone else affects their own healthcare choices. In […]
Reducing harm from medicines and improving the patient experience are two objectives that go hand in hand and building in pharmaceutical expertise from the outset is a powerful […]
Despite the existence of Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) to ensure that alternative medicines are available when shortages occur, in practice numerous problems have arisen. Professor Ashok Soni OBE, […]
Professor Ashok Soni OBE is a community pharmacist and president of the National Association of Primary Care. He recently called on the Government to make better use of […]
Rob Horne, Professor of Behavioural Medicine at University College London School of Pharmacy, leads a research group focused on the psychology of medicines and understanding patient perspectives of […]
Some additional training may be required to enable community pharmacists to use behavioural approaches to improve outcomes for patients and a computerised triage tool could help to make […]
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