Articles tagged with 'pharmacy' | University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø

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2024
14
November
2024
| 11:12 Europe/London
Many of England’s pharmacy technicians are forced to endure low pay, poor job satisfaction, bullying, lack of support and stressful work environments, a study by University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø researchers has shown.
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25
October
2024
| 10:27 Europe/London
Nearly three quarters of new non-cancer pain opioid prescriptions were for patients with musculoskeletal conditions, despite limited evidence of the drug’s efficacy, according to the largest UK study of its kind.
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08
February
2024
| 09:37 Europe/London
A team of scientists and experts have been awarded funding to evaluate the new National Health Service Pharmacy First service.
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2023
04
August
2023
| 05:35 Europe/London
Patients prescribed medicines to replace illicit drugs are at higher risk of overdose resulting in hospital admission when taking other medicines which treat mental health conditions or pain, University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø researchers have found.
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03
August
2023
| 09:00 Europe/London
An Optometry team from The University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø has been awarded the University’s first-ever Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence by Advance HE, alongside two academics who have received National Teaching Fellowships in recognition of
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2021
05
October
2021
| 12:32 Europe/London
A campaign that urged GPs to ‘think-twice’ before putting a patient on opioid medicines is effective in reducing opioid prescribing in primary care, according to the findings of a major study.
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31
August
2021
| 17:04 Europe/London
A study has revealed that 232 people could have died from taking an accidental overdose of prescription opioids in England between 2000 and 2015.
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27
May
2021
| 07:56 Europe/London
A University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø initiative which engages its students’ healthcare improvement work in hard to reach communities in the UK and beyond has come third in a prestigious international prize for global citizenship.
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2020
15
December
2020
| 16:16 Europe/London
A study by University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø epidemiologists and cofunded by the National Institute for Health Research Greater Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (NIHR GM PSTRC)is the first to show stark differences in opioid
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15
October
2020
| 19:00 Europe/London
Prescriptions for the addictive drug codeine jumped by a factor of five between 2006 and 2017, a University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø study of 2 million opioid users has shown.
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2019
02
December
2019
| 13:59 Europe/London
A research team from the Universities of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø, Nottingham, and UCL evaluating a service delivered by pharmacists since 2011 have calculated it will save the English NHS around £651 million.
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10
September
2019
| 10:04 Europe/London
Community pharmacy staff are to be offered training on suicide prevention, based on findings from a new study published today. As a result, a first of its kind training video has been developed and will also be available from today to mark World
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18
March
2019
| 13:29 Europe/London
The first evaluation of pharmacists based in accident and emergency departments has concluded that with additional clinical skills, they are able to take on overall clinical responsibility for patients.
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14
January
2019
| 15:11 Europe/London
English patients living in poorer areas are likely to be prescribed more opioids by their GPs, according to a study led by University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø and University of Nottingham researchers.
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2018
17
December
2018
| 09:17 Europe/London
A small but significant minority of people who use illicit opioids such as heroin may unknowingly be using a powerful and potentially harmful synthetic opioid that has been linked to a number of deaths.
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2010
08
November
2010
| 00:00 Europe/London
Professionalism teaching and learning needs to be integrated, grounded and longitudinal throughout all four years of the pharmacy curriculum, says a new University of Ò°ÀÇÉçÇø study. It should start from day one in year 1 and increase towards
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