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Exceptional pharmacy professionals hailed in The Pharmaceutical Journal’s 2023 ‘Women to Watch’ list

The 11 women on this year’s shortlist, including students, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, have been celebrated for making “incredible contributions” to the profession.…

Becoming a pharmacist prescriber: the highs and lows

Putting Pharmacy First: a welcome change of policy

Nominate an outstanding early-career pharmacy researcher for OPERA 2024

PJ view: The success of Pharmacy First is in the government’s hands

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News from Wales

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First electronic prescription dispensed in Wales

Duncan Rudkin, chief executive of the General Pharmaceutical Council

Pharmacy regulator to increase registration fees by 7.5% from April 2024

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Geraldine McCaffrey: ‘The advances we’re making in Wales are really exciting’

Pharmacists working behind a supermarket pharmacy counter

Number of overseas pharmacists applying to work in Great Britain increased by 26% in one year

Patient in wheelchair at home in bedroom

RPS publishes standards for pharmacists working for ‘hospital at home’ scheme

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Bangor University’s new pharmacy school could offer teaching in Welsh

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Welsh government backs RPS Wales plan to transform hospital pharmacy

News from Scotland

Photo of a 24-hour automated prescription dispenser at LloydsPharmacy, Totton, Hampshire

Scottish government to publish review of automated technology in community pharmacies

Duncan Rudkin, chief executive of the General Pharmaceutical Council

Pharmacy regulator to increase registration fees by 7.5% from April 2024

drug testing service at festival

Scottish government to seek licences for street drug-checking facilities

Pharmacists working behind a supermarket pharmacy counter

Number of overseas pharmacists applying to work in Great Britain increased by 26% in one year

Patient in wheelchair at home in bedroom

RPS publishes standards for pharmacists working for ‘hospital at home’ scheme

Photo guy of a teen holding a vape in his hands

Scottish government considers nicotine addiction treatment for children aged under 12 years

A needle and other instruments required to inject heroin at a drugs consumption room - where users take heroin under medical supervision

UK’s first safe drug consumption room approved to open in Glasgow

Genomics

Pack of anti-platelet drug clopidogrel, marketed by Sanofi as Plavix

Clopidogrel may be less effective in British South Asian patients, study results suggest

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NICE to recommend genetic testing before prescribing clopidogrel

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Pharmacogenomic testing pilot to start in general practice from June 2023

Conceptual genetic research image – pipette adding a sample to a petri dish with a DNA

Pharmacy bodies call for pharmacists to be involved in delivery and evaluation of genomic medicines services

Illustration of DNA

Should we be genetic testing before prescribing analgesics?

Infographic: 2022 unwrapped

Sir Munir Pirmohamed

Sir Munir Pirmohamed: ‘Now is the time to implement pharmacogenomic testing into the NHS’

Learning & CPD

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Principles of effective history taking when prescribing

Collage of four illustrated images of different situations in prescribing as a pharmacist

Test yourself: communication and person-centred practice for prescribing

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Introduction to the prescribing consultation

Photo of hands holding and older person's hands with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis: management

Woman with glucose sensor using mobile phone for measuring of blood sugar level at home

Digital therapeutics: integration in practice

Photo of a supervisor showing a trainee a document in induction

How to design optimal induction pathways for pharmacy professionals

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Communication techniques for prescribing

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Tributes & obituaries

Gastrointestinal system diseases

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