Prescriptions

Dr Clara Doran has turned personal experience into a revolution in caring for brain health

The GP who left medicine to help people beat brain fog

The exact date to order your repeat prescriptions to get them in time for Easter according to a pharmacist.

The last date you can order repeat prescriptions in time for Easter

More than eight pharmacies are closing across the UK every week.

Pharmacy closures: why are pharmacies closing in England?

Almost a quarter of people do not know the difference between a physicians associate and a doctor a new poll has discovered. (Photo: Pexel/Etatics Inc)

What is the difference between a physician associate and a doctor?

Prescription drugs including codeine could land you in trouble if you take them abroad. (Photo: Pexel, Karolina Kaboompics)

The 5 common medications that could get you jailed for taking abroad

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Global IT outage disrupts airlines, banks and appointments: what to do

Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, was targeted by thieves on Tuesday (July 16).

Pharmacies urged to be wary after medication stolen from hospital

Sir Keir Starmer must look at imaginative solutions to keep the NHS properly funded, says NationalWorld doctor Professor Robert Thomas

Sir Keir - to save the NHS, raise revenue not taxes

Petra Walker-Barrera was given metoclopramide for eight years, despite NHS advice that it is taken as a five-day course. Picture: Petra Walker-Barrera / Slater Gordon

Anti-sickness drug leaves grandmother disabled

Pharmacists in England will now treat seven minor illnesses to help free up GP appointments. Picture: Getty Images

Pharmacists to start treating seven minor illnesses

The NHS App has made it simpler and easier to access NHS services.

How to view your prescriptions in the NHS app

A cannabis plant.

Using medical cannabis could lead to heart rhythm risk

Around 165 tonnes of medicine is wasted in Northern Ireland annually

Around 165 tonnes of medicine wasted in Northern Ireland annually

A selection of antidepressants (L-R) Wellbutrin, Paxil, Fluoxetine and Lexapro (Pic: Getty Images)

Bristol Tranquilliser Project to close due to lack of local funding

A bottle of anti-depressant pills named Paxil (Image: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

One million UK teenagers are being prescribed antidepressants

Royal Mail have teamed up with Phramacy2U to offer prescription deliveries

Royal Mail team up with Phramacy2U to offer prescription deliveries

Pharmacists in England have been handed new powers to prescribe medication for common illnesses under just-announced plans to relieve the pressure on GPs. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

The illnesses pharmacists will treat with new prescribing powers
A major “overhaul” of primary care will mean pharmacies in England can directly prescribe patients with medication for seven common health conditions.
Imogen Howse

Patients will be able to obtain prescription medicines and oral contraception directly from pharmacies under a blueprint to ease the pressure on GP appointments. (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)

Could pharmacies ease pressure on GPs? Concern over government's plan

Sadie Hawkes, 33, lost her baby before she had received the maternity exemption certificate that entitled her to free prescriptions throughout her pregnancy. Credit: SWNS

Woman who miscarried was fined by NHS for claiming free prescription

GPs will no longer issue prescriptions to treat some minor health conditions (Composite: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld)

35 health conditions GPs will no longer give prescriptions for