Pharmacy Information

In his poem The Naming of Cats, T.S. Eliot asserts that cats have three names: The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad [...]

From 31 March 2020 NHS and partner organisations are required to use modern communication methods instead of faxes, such as secure email, in order to comply with their information governance [...]

Including NICE, Gov.uk, BSI and Ashtons documentation Over the last few months, a variety of new clinical advice and guidance has been released to help both the public and healthcare providers [...]

Introduction In December 2019 Janssen-Cilag launched Spravato 28mg nasal spray onto the UK and European markets with the indication to treat adults with treatment-resistant major depressive [...]

We are currently living in extraordinary times, but please rest assured we are doing all that we can to adapt to the situation, maintain safety among our employees and ensure our clients still [...]

Cytotoxic drugs (sometimes known as antineoplastic) describe a group of medicines that contain chemicals which are toxic to cells, preventing their replication or growth. As well as being used as [...]

At Ashtons we are always looking to improve the services we provide to our clients. Our latest enhancement is to introduce new environmentally friendly fridge boxes. These are made from white and [...]

The annual influenza vaccination programme has become an important strategy for protecting public health by providing vulnerable people with immunisation against the virus strains likely to be [...]

NICE published a new quality standard in January 2020, ‘QS190 Flu vaccination: increasing uptake’, which covers increasing the uptake of flu vaccination among people who are eligible (not [...]

In April 2017, the Tobacco Products Directive came into force. Since this date the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA) has been responsible for devices used to inhale nicotine [...]