 A pair of reading glasses sat upon an open notebook, which is resting upon an open laptop. Since 3 June 2024, in Great Britain, temporary emergency restrictions have been in place preventing the use of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues used to suppress puberty as part of treatment for gender incongruence or gender dysphoria in children and young people under 18 years of age. The government has now passed further legislation to maintain the restrictions in Great Britain and extend them to Northern Ireland for the first time. The restrictions will come into effect in Northern Ireland on 27 August 2024 and expire across the UK at the end of 26 November 2024. 'Feedback' written upon a notepad, with four feedback sentiment boxes. Earlier this year we commissioned Ipsos to undertake research with more than 2400 adult social care providers. The project was to understand what support providers are receiving to ensure medicines are managed safely, how the support impacts the quality of care that providers are able to deliver, and future support needs. The research shows that adult social care services have access to a wide range of different types of medicines support from a variety of sources, including community pharmacy and a range of healthcare professionals. Just under half of those accessing support from community pharmacies say it fully meets their needs, with making contact with pharmacies a key issue where support didnât meet their needs. You can read more details about the research on our website.  Five yellow stars across a background of blue and pink. GP mythbusters clear up some common myths about our inspections of GP services, independent doctors and clinics and out-of-hours services and share agreed guidance to best practice. We have recently updated two GP mythbuster pages. The GP Mythbuster 82: Physician associates in general practice clarifies the role of the physician associate in general practice. GP Mythbuster 92: Anticoagulant monitoring in primary care looks at how anticoagulant medicines are used to treat and prevent blood clots. You can find a full list of the GP mythbusters on our website.  | 
