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The urinary tract includes the urethra and bladder, and its function is to store and expel urine in a controlled manner, regulated by the central and peripheral nervous system. Neurological [...]

A clinical guideline has been produced by NICE on the diagnosis and management of headaches for adults and children over 12 years. Headaches are one of the most common neurological problems and [...]

The MHRA have added the topic of “Antipsychotics” to their portfolio of e-learning, which is available at no charge from the MHRA website. Previous topics have included SSRI Antidepressants, [...]

The MHRA have attempted to simplify medication legislation and make it more accessible and easier to understand and this has culminated in The Human Medicines Regulations which came into force [...]

The Department of Health produces the Information Governance (IG) Toolkit which healthcare organisations must undertake annually to ensure regulatory and best practice compliance regarding data [...]

There have been significant price increases for some of Lundbeck’s products, in particular, for Depixol and Clopixol depot injections, and Clopixol Accuphase. For instance, the C&D list price [...]

We are pleased to announce that Ashtons has taken over the role as the main distributor and will continue to supply it to customers. Zyprexa injection will continue to be licensed and is used for [...]

Ashtons has produced an audit tool to measure compliance with relevant NPSA alerts from the past 2 years. The NPSA provides healthcare organisations with safety alerts which must be actioned [...]

Flu is a highly infectious virus infection that spreads rapidly through coughs and sneezes. For most healthy people it is an unpleasant illness but recovery will be within a week. Certain people [...]