Systems should also consider national policy guidance and commissioning arrangements when implementing the opportunities, to ensure they have no unintended consequences for other parts of the system; ...

This means submitting a fully completed and signed Independent Prescribing application form as well as the University’s online application. To avoid delays, please start by reading our nomination pack ...

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy (60 credits) Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy with Independent Prescribing (60 credits) Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (120 ...

While the focus of this research is largely on illegal drugs and markets, we also monitor trends in the use of pharmaceutical stimulants, such as ADHD drugs, without a prescription. This year ...

Share on Pinterest At high doses, prescription amphetamines, used to treat ADHD could increase a person’s risk of psychosis. Image credit: visualspace/Getty Images. Amphetamines are a drug used ...

A joint set of prescribing principles has been developed collaboratively by seven responsible authorities that regulate health practitioners who prescribe, to help ensure public safety by promoting ...

Sept 13 (Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA.O), opens new tab agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle charges it fraudulently billed the U.S. government for prescriptions that were never ...

Sept 13 (Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA.O), opens new tab agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle charges it billed the U.S. government for prescriptions that were never dispensed, the ...

For many Americans, their confidence in the future of U.S. healthcare is low and their insecurity due to the cost of medicine is high. In 2001 the Institute of Medicine’s Quality of Health Care ...

IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO WRITE THE BIRTH CONTROL PRESCRIPTIONS, THE PHARMACISTS HAVE TO UNDERGO ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND STATE RULES DO REQUIRE THAT AFTER WRITING THE PRESCRIPTION, THEY MUST ...

The misuse of a prescription drug widely used to treat anxiety, nerve pain and epilepsy has been linked with a sharp increase in deaths and prompted a government review into how it is controlled.