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We are pleased to announce that Ashtons is now a licensed parallel distributor for the Zyprexa powder for injection 10mg, which is produced in France. This product is over-labelled in English and [...]

Ashtons provides a wide range of training courses, including e-learning and clinical training seminars. You can now choose from any of 10 clinical training seminars including Medicines Management [...]

The Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have announced that some e-learning modules have now moved and are available online through the National Association of Medical Device [...]

Naloxone is the emergency antidote for overdoses caused by heroin and other opioids, such as methadone and morphine. Naloxone cannot be sold over the counter and is only available on [...]

Antibiotics have played a pivotal role in the advancement of healthcare, allowing for the combat of infections that were previously untreatable. However, Public Health England (PHE) has stated [...]

The National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (NAPICU) has developed standards for care delivered in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) for young people. This is a thorough [...]

How has Live View helped your hospital? The Ashtons Live View system was launched in July 2014 as an electronic reporting system to replace the handwritten audits which were left by the visiting [...]

Self-administration of medication takes place when a patient has responsibility for managing their medication, and is encouraged and supported to play an active role in taking their medication. [...]

Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) inspections have recently focused on medicines reconciliation, as this is a process that has significant effects on patient [...]

Vortioxetine (Brintellix) is recommended by NICE as a possible treatment for adults having a first or recurrent major depressive episode, if the current episode has not responded to two [...]