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Poor healthcare experiences lead caregivers to self-medicate, study shows

Written by | 2 Feb 2023

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

Written by | 2 Feb 2023

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 […]

Getting Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) to work

Written by | 1 Feb 2023

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, […]

Why pharmacists should manage repeat prescriptions

Written by | 31 Jan 2023

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 […]

Dermatology program brings timely and accurate diagnosis of skin conditions

Written by | 27 Jan 2023

A dermatology program first developed by the University of Missouri in 2015 can bring life-saving diagnoses of skin conditions to communities without adequate dermatologic care. Researchers from the University […]

Enhancing pharmacy services for patients does not impact health care utilization

Written by | 16 Jan 2023

New research from Boston Medical Center found that enhancing pharmacy services for patients with high levels of health care utilization did not lead to reduced hospital admissions and […]

Culturally-informed mental health screenings improve school and community successes

Written by | 24 Dec 2022

As concerns about youth mental health, school shootings, and other forms of violence prompt more school systems to conduct mental health screenings, a UCR-led analysis is urging school […]

Cost concerns keep older adults from seeking care

Written by | 20 Dec 2022

Worries about what emergency care might cost them have kept some older adults from seeking medical attention even when they felt they might need it, a new study […]

No proven health impact of free primary care from age 85 in Sweden

Written by | 14 Dec 2022

Introducing copayment elimination in primary care in Sweden for the over-85s has not caused a rise in the number of health care visits. In terms of achieving the intended […]

Physicians with beliefs about long-term harms of benzodiazepine are less likely to prescribe it

Written by | 7 Dec 2022

Despite the continuing growth of benzodiazepine (BZD)-related overdoses, BZD prescription rates have held constant. Much is unknown about how a doctor’s own beliefs about BZD use and potential […]

Self-driven healthcare can improve health outcomes and reduce costs

Written by | 4 Dec 2022

A vision for building sustainable, self-driven healthcare spanning primary care, secondary care and the wider health and social care system has been set out by medical innovators writing […]

More needs to be done to improve uptake of interpreting services in primary care settings

Written by | 2 Dec 2022

People who do not speak English well often ask friends and family to translate for them when accessing their GP practice, finds a new study from the University […]

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