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In 2015, the findings of a two-year evaluation report into the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme were published; it claimed that there had been a 97% increase in UK library loans of mental health self-help books, and a 346% increase in the number of books for people with dementia borrowed from libraries in England. [11]
The British National Formulary (BNF) is a United Kingdom (UK) pharmaceutical reference book that contains a wide spectrum of information and advice on prescribing and pharmacology, along with specific facts and details about many medicines available on the UK National Health Service (NHS).
The MHRA and the US Food and Drug Administration were criticised in the 2012 book Bad Pharma, [43] and in 2004 by David Healy in evidence to the House of Commons Health Committee, [44] for having undergone regulatory capture, i.e. advancing the interests of the drug companies rather than the interests of the public.
The NHS Health Check is a preventive healthcare programme in the United Kingdom offered by National Health Service. The programme invites adults aged between 40 and 74 in England for a health check-up every five years to screen for key conditions including heart disease , diabetes , kidney disease , and stroke . [ 1 ]
In July 2017 they said a third of patients of working age had not collected a prescription because of cost. [13] The Royal College of General Practitioners launched a campaign in May 2017 to scrap mental health prescription charges for students. [14] In April 2021 the charge was raised to £9.35 for up to a three-month supply of each item. [15]
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Today, the main function of a prescription formulary is to specify particular medications that are approved to be prescribed at a particular hospital, in a particular health system, or under a particular health insurance policy. The development of prescription formularies is based on evaluations of efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of drugs.
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