The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland has recently launched its new Guide for Pharmacists on General Legal Requirements.

Homeopathic remedies should no longer be funded or commissioned on the NHS, doctors at the BMA Annual Representatives Meeting (ARM) have voted.

Reacting to guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on prosecuting Medicines Act offences where a dispensing error has occurred, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Steve Churton said: ...

Patients will be offered more choice and control over their healthcare with the launch of the first direct payment scheme, Care Services Minister Paul Burstow announced today.

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety today published the findings of a research study to estimate the cost to society of alcohol misuse to Northern Ireland in 2008/09.

Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey is confident that £88million can be saved in the NI prescribing budget by 2011. The savings are being made through the dispensing of generic rather than branded drugs.

A survey published by three of the UK's leading health charities found that 97 per cent of people were unaware that this excess weight generates high levels of oestrogen and chemicals that could increase their risk of cancer, t ...

Mephedrone has been classified as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act which means, it will be illegal to possess or supply the substance. Importing mephedrone was made illegal on 29 March.

The Executive has called for the immediate banning of the drug Mephedrone. There was unanimous support for the move.

A review published today of the Northern Ireland Tobacco Action Plan 2003-2008 highlights achievements in reducing the prevalence of smoking in our society.

Parents of children with asthma often recognise signs that their child is about to have an asthma attack but delay treatment at home until the attack occurs, according to an American study.

New Standards to be met by Northern Ireland Pharmacy Premises Community pharmacy premises in Northern Ireland must now meet new levels of quality and public accessibility following the publication of Premises Standards by the P ...

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), and the national pharmacy organisations representing community pharmacy in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, have called upon the Department of Health (DoH) to remove ...

The three National Pharmacy Boards of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, which will represent pharmacists once the demerger of the Society takes place in spring 2010, have strongly criticised both the content of the future regul ...

Recent increases in the export of medicines have contributed to the experience of medicines supply problems, which have risked jeopardising patient care.

A major new survey has found that over the past 12 months, 76% of Irish dentists in private practice [more than 3 out of 4] have had to treat patients for problems linked to the dental treatment they received abroad.

The Irish Dental Association [IDA] has launched a poster campaign in 1,000 dentist's surgeries to protest at the proposal made in the recent An Bord Snip report [McCarthy Report] to abolish the Dental Treatment Benefit Scheme [ ...

The Executive of the Irish Pharmacy Union is urging pharmacists to resume normal services immediately in the interests of patient safety, in order to prevent a recurrence of the chaotic scenes of yesterday and last week, and in ...

The President of the Irish Pharmacy Union has made an initial response to the statement on the pharmacy dispute issued by the Minister for Health & Children, Mary Harney TD.

The Irish Pharmacy Union [IPU] has claimed that it has seen evidence of clear mistakes and flaws with the medicines dispensed to patients at some of the HSE's emergency dispensaries. The Union has warned that the likelihood of ...

The Irish Pharmacy Union has reported growing medicine supply problems for patients following the widespread withdrawal of pharmacists from the Community Drugs Schemes from today. The President of the Irish Pharmacy Union said ...

The HSE contingency plan to supply medicines to patients on the Community Drugs Scheme has been totally undermined by inaccuracies in its list of participating pharmacies according to The Irish Pharmacy Union, the representativ ...

Despite attempts by the HSE to attract pharmacies from Northern Ireland to provide a dispensing service, it appears that Northern colleagues are standing behind their professional brothers in the South.

Despite attempts by the HSE to attract pharmacies from Northern Ireland to provide a dispensing service, it appears that Northern colleagues are standing behind their professional brothers in the South.

The HSE have invited expressions of interests for pharmacies in Northern Ireland to dispense to HSE clients and patients. As the looming strike approaches, the HSE are looking for alternatives to the Irish pharmacy model.