Ramadan is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar and is observed by Muslims worldwide. This year Ramadan will commence on Tuesday 17 February and will last for a…
Pharmacy teams in Hertfordshire are being alerted to a rise in fraudulent private prescriptions for Codeine linctus 15mg/5ml (400ml). This issue was first reported in…
The threshold for oral morphine equivalent (OME) has been reduced from 120mg to 90mg/day, with an ideal target of 50mg/day The Faculty of Pain Medicine have…
As of January 2026 the ICB is implementing new clinical waste contracts following extensive legal review and governance processes to complete. The implementation of the…
There is an urgent voluntary product recall affecting specific batches of SMA infant formula and follow-on formula due to the potential presence of cereulide. Please refer to this…
The HWE APC newsletter with outputs from the October 2025 meeting are available here. HWE APC is the local decision-making group for medicines. The top…
