Death knell sounded for GMS dot matrix printers

10th December 2016

Dot matrix printers costly to maintain and “verging on obsolete”, claims Richard Corbridge

Patients with gonorrhoea are still being prescribed outdated antibiotics by GPs

9th June 2015

Many patients in England with gonorrhoea are being prescribed antibiotics by their GP that are no longer recommended for treating the infection, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.

Cross-border prescription purchases enabled

21st November 2014

New laws have been signed by the Minister for Health, Dr Leo Varadkar, allowing cross-border prescriptions to be issued by Irish GPs that can be used by patients anywhere in the EU.

DoH clarifies policy on handwritten scripts

4th September 2013

By Catherine Reilly.

‘Informed consent’ urged for drug substitution plan

10th April 2013

By Gary Culliton.

End doctor prescriptions of gluten-free foods — DTB

28th February 2013

The time has come for doctors to stop prescribing gluten-free foods to patients with coeliac disease and for the NHS to find a better way to support patients, says an editorial in the independent review of medical treatment, the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB).