The Budget for health
The NHS will be celebrating it's 60th birthday with approximately £96 billion, almost double the budget of 10 years ago. This represents the largest sustained funding increase in NHS history.
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News
3 year old killed by Methadone overdose
An article in the Daily Mail today reports of a 3 year old little girl being killed by her "junkie" mother. The report says that the mother gave her daughter methadone to try and make her sleep.
Read more"Dance drug" can kill say experts
An article in the Guardian identifies a loophole in the law allowing the "dance drug" benzylpiperazine to be sold as fertiliser. The report urges the EU to consider a ban.
Read moreCall for pharmacists to dispense CDs
Pharmacists should be allowed to prescribe all controlled drugs, the government's drugs advisor has told ministers.
Read morePharmacist Caught Stealing CDs
This is an article from a local Newcastle newspaper reporting about a pharmacist who had been helping himself to patient returned and out of date controlled drugs.
Read moreSafer Management of CDs Guidance Released
"This guidance is to inform and support relevent healthcare officials and organisations in implementing changes to the record keeping requirements for CDs."Read more