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A serious shortage protocol (SSP) has been issued across the UK for Utrogestan® 100mg capsules today (19 May 2023).
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
37,700 women have purchased hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescription prepayment certificates (PPC) following the launch, saving over £1.13 million.
From 1 April 2023, women in England will be able to access cheaper hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to help with menopause symptoms.
Around 400,000 women across England will get better access to menopause support - saving hundreds of pounds and making treatment more accessible.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, updated Parliament on what the government is doing to help the NHS deal with immediate winter pressures.
Serious shortage protocols (SSPs) issued for 3 penicillin medicines.
Action taken as suppliers increase stocks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Cost of NHS prescriptions will be frozen for the first time in over a decade.
The government has issued serious shortage protocols (SSPs) to limit dispensing to 3 months’ supply for 3 HRT products to ensure continued access.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is calling for women who experience symptoms associated with overactive bladder such as the urgent need to urinate to make their views heard as part of a consultation l…
The decision to grant approval for this treatment was endorsed by the government’s independent expert scientific advisory body, the Commission on Human Medicines, after carefully reviewing the evidence.
Syri Ltd has been fined £51,000 and ordered to pay costs of £104,898 by Aylesbury Crown Court.
The MHRA has launched a public consultation on a set of proposals to make Gina 10 microgram vaginal tablets (Estradiol) available from pharmacies.
Significant clarification of the life-changing EAMS scheme to be introduced into law.
This new combination treatment is for people with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of developing severe COVID-19
National advertising campaign steps up today to encourage people to protect themselves and loved ones from COVID and flu this winter.
Ministers are announcing action to prevent medicines being prescribed unnecessarily, following a new review led by the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England.
The government has today published a consultation on aligning the upper age exemption for NHS prescription charges with the State Pension age (SPA).
Landmark collaboration to protect against future pandemic threats and slash time to develop and deploy new diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to 100 days.
The public has until 3 June to respond to the consultation on the potential reclassification of Nuromol to a general sale list medicine.
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