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Doctors and chemists must talk to patients about dependency risk, regulatory agency announces

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Warnings over opioids are to get even tougher: Doctors and chemists must talk to patients about dependency risk, regulatory agency announces  Doctors or pharmacists will have to talk to patients about the risks of both prescription and over-the-counter opioid medicine  Warnings will also be added to the patient information leaflet that comes with medicines Opioids … Read more

The £70 a week state pension adult dependency increase faces axe 

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Thousands of couples face a pensions blow as an income boost for older breadwinners is axed this year. The Government is pulling a weekly supplement worth up to £70 for pensioners who support a younger partner who is not yet old enough to collect their own state pension. It means some 11,000 couples will lose … Read more