1. Report into Electronic Prescriptions

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    This report summarises the feedback received by North Somerset residents regarding the Electronic Prescription Service EPS.

  2. Guidance on low value prescription items

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    NHS England will be leading a review of low value prescription items from April 2017 and introducing new guidance for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), with a view to substantially saving NHS expenditure in this area.

  3. Cost of wasted medications

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    Healthcare leaders in the district are urging people to reduce medication waste. Repeat prescriptions which are no longer needed and people taking their medication incorrectly contribute to the hefty £1.2million annual spend on medication waste

  4. Stop medicine waste in North Somerset

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    It’s predicted that wasting medicines costs £1.2 million a year in North Somerset, that’s equivalent to 75,000 GP appointments every year.

  5. Community pharmacy flu vaccines

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    NHS England announced it will recommission the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination programme in 2016, after nearly a quarter of a million more people benefited from vaccinations in a community pharmacy setting during the previous year