Topic: prescription
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Regulator meets with DHSC to discuss prescription amendments
19th April 2024
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Codeine linctus reclassified to prescription-only amid addiction risk
20th February 2024
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Subsidising vapes on prescription ‘should be considered’, MPs told
9th February 2024
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NHS App to enable barcode prescriptions later this month
12th January 2024
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MHRA consults on making codeine linctus prescription-only medication
18th July 2023
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Repeat prescription orders via NHS App nearly doubles in a year
5th May 2023
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Antidepressant prescribing rises for sixth year in a row
8th July 2022
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Atorvastatin the most dispensed drug in England last year, figures show
9th June 2022
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Aquiette could be sold in pharmacies without prescription
25th April 2022
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New drug driving laws could catch people out
20th February 2015
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England’s prescription charging system should be scrapped
5th February 2015
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Unused prescriptions cost CCGs millions
12th January 2015
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Pharmacists view EPS as “very poor”
15th December 2014