Community pharmacies should become public health centres where people can access NHS health checks, preventive services and effective treatments for diabetes, the School of Pharmacy at the University of London has said.
A new report outlines a wide range of changes that, it says, would defuse the diabetes time bomb threatening to reduce life expectancy.
To download the report, visit www.pharmacy.ac.uk
Public Health England will integrate with the new NHS England structure by adding a director of public health to each of the seven new regions, PHE’s chief executive has said.
NHS England will overhaul cancer screening as part of the long-term plan and has called on England’s first national cancer director to lead the work.
NHS providers could be asked to stockpile certain types of products under government plans to mitigate the UK leaving the EU without an agreed deal.
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