Medical card holders are more likely to consider the healthcare system fit for purpose, a survey has revealed.

A medicine shortage caused by excessive drug price cuts imposed by the HSE is having a negative impact on patient care, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.

Over two-thirds of people who participated in the RTÉ Operation Transformation’s ‘Know Your Numbers’ campaign were found to be either overweight or obese.

As speculation surrounding the cabinet reshuffle continues, The Irish Pharmacy Union has made up a wish list for the new Health Minister.

Pharmacists are urging parents to check their children for head lice every week, now that school has started.

Parents are being urged to screen their children weekly for an age-old pest — head lice — when they return to school from next week.

The morning after pill should be available to women under the medical card scheme, pharmacists have claimed.

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Pharmacists are calling for tighter controls to stop the over-prescribing of antibiotics.

THE Irish Pharmacy Union has warned of the dangers of turning to the internet for healthcare advice.

Pharmacists are renewing calls for the 'morning-after pill' to be available over the counter.

OVER-the-counter painkillers containing codeine are addictive after just three days and should carry visible health warnings, Britain’s drug watchdog has warned.

LOCAL health centres and hospitals across the country may be used by the Health Service Executive as alternative pharmacies to ensure people continue to receive their medicines free of charge under the community drug schemes.

MORE than 900 pharmacists have told the Health Service Executive they are withdrawing from the community drugs schemes.