Five months of Pharmacy First: an access lottery for patients
Analysis of claims data for the Pharmacy First service in England reveals regional variations in the volume of consultations conducted during the first five months of implementation.…
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Pharmacists to improve provision of palliative care medicines under proposed five-year strategy
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Pharmacist-led cardiovascular disease interventions provide highest return on investment, says NHS report
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Problems with diabetes monitoring devices are potentially being underreported, says MHRA
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Nitazenes linked to 179 deaths in 12 months, government data show
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NHS England launches community pharmacy technician apprenticeship programme
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News from Wales
Electronic prescription service used to dispense 100,000 items
NICE rejects cabotegravir for PrEP in draft guidance
MMR vaccination coverage in England has declined for fifth consecutive year
Hospital pharmacists vote to accept 5.5% pay offer from UK government
National Pharmacy Association to ballot members on work-to-rule action
Director for RPS Scotland wins FIP Congress oral presentation prize
NICE recommends emergency kits for people with adrenal insufficiency to cut hospital admissions
News from Scotland
Pharmacists to improve provision of palliative care medicines under proposed five-year strategy
Scottish government to replace paper prescriptions by 2026
Community pharmacies to receive increase in funding worth £13.2m for 2024/2025
Pharmacy teams identify patients with ‘red-flag’ cancer symptoms in early diagnosis project
MMR vaccination coverage in England has declined for fifth consecutive year
Hospital pharmacists vote to accept 5.5% pay offer from UK government
Director for RPS Scotland wins FIP Congress oral presentation prize
Learning & CPD
Medication maths: displacement volumes and values
Medication maths: using a resource or artefact when calculating doses and dose regimen
Cardiac chest pain: identification, referral and management in primary care
Medication maths: estimations of kidney function
Preparing for the GPhC pharmaceutical calculations assessment
Prescribing dilemma: balancing risk and benefits of off-label migraine treatment in a child
Lipid-lowering therapies for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care
Exam preparation and resources
Preparing for the GPhC registration exams: six steps to help you effectively plan your revision
Preparing for the GPhC registration exams: how to approach learning outcomes relating to professional practice
Preparing for the GPhC registration exams: how to revise learning outcomes relating to clinical knowledge and therapeutic approaches
Medication maths: how to solve dose and dosage calculations (video)
Medication maths: how to solve infusion calculations (video)
Medication maths: quantities to supply and using provided formulae calculations (video)
Medication maths: how to solve pharmacy calculations — concentrations, dilutions and health economics (video)
Genomics
More than 2,000 patients tested in UK’s first routine genotyping project for clopidogrel prescribing
Lessons from testing 2,300 patients at the UK’s first CYP2C19 genotyping system
First gene-editing therapy recommended by NICE to treat people with beta thalassaemia
Closing the ethnicity gap in pharmacogenomics
Screening for gene variants should be broadened to reduce health inequalities, systematic review concludes
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Clopidogrel may be less effective in British South Asian patients, study results suggest
Gastrointestinal system diseases
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Inflammatory bowel disease: symptoms and diagnosis
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Inflammatory bowel disease: treatment and management
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FDA approves two new drugs for irritable bowel syndrome
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Antihistamine reduces pain in irritable bowel syndrome
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Optimising therapy for inflammatory bowel disease
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Management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: current and future treatments
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Management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
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Understanding irritable bowel syndrome: bugs, brains and leaky barriers
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Research
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Advantages and disadvantages of shorter antimicrobial courses
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Pharmaceuticals from marine sources: past, present and future
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Improving the management of uncontrolled asthma for adults in England: where do pharmacists fit?
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The role of community pharmacy in addressing health inequalities
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Cannabidiol as a chemotherapy adjunct in cancer treatment
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Do antihypertensive medicines increase the risk of depression?