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New 'variable payment' for Pharmacy First thresholds

New 'variable payment' for Pharmacy First thresholds

WHO issues warning as Europe sees 25-year spike in measles cases

WHO issues warning as Europe sees 25-year spike in measles cases

21st March 2025

‘Sustained effort’ required to bring child vaccination rates to 95% target

‘Sustained effort’ required to bring child vaccination rates to 95% target

3rd March 2025

Prescription substitution under spotlight following child sepsis death

Government considering prescription substitution following child sepsis death

15th January 2025

Most young people with long Covid recover within two years

Most young people with long Covid recover within two years

23rd December 2024

Latest report on child asthma deaths highlights stark impact of deprivation

Latest report on child asthma deaths highlights stark impact of deprivation

20th December 2024

Shingles jab should be extended to over-80s and younger immunosuppressed

Shingles jab should be extended to over-80s and younger immunosuppressed

22nd November 2024

Childhood Vaccine Uptake In England Declines Further Despite Disease Outbreaks

Childhood vaccine uptake in England declines further despite disease outbreaks

24th September 2024

MHRA warns men taking valproate to use contraception over small risk to children

MHRA warns men taking valproate to use contraception over small risk to children

6th September 2024

UK children shorter, more obese and less healthy than 20 years ago

By Emma Wilkinson

New GPhC guide on gender services for children and young people

Proposal for practice pharmacists to carry out childminder health checks

By Madeleine Anderson

Vitamin D supplements do not prevent bone fractures in children, suggests study

By Helen Quinn

Vitamin D supplements do not prevent bone fractures in children, suggests study

By Helen Quinn

JCVI recommends chickenpox vaccine for all children

By Eliza Parr

Levels of obesity twice as high among children in most deprived areas

By Jess Hacker

Sanofi launches children’s hepatitis A vaccine in UK

Pharmacies omitted from children’s polio jab campaign a ‘lost opportunity’

By Jerome Smail, Joanna Robertson

Vulnerable children aged six months to four years now eligible for Covid jab

By Emma Wilkinson

Worldwide outbreak of child hepatitis linked to common virus

Children with glue ear should be referred for hearing tests promptly, suggests NICE

By Emma Wilkinson

Childhood obesity programme may be doing more harm than good

By Helen Quinn