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Amandeep Doll: ‘I can be a role model of inclusive leadership’

Amandeep Doll, director for England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, speaks to The Pharmaceutical Journal about her reflections on the transition to the Royal College of Pharmacy, priorities for 2026 and how inclusion is a “golden thread” through the Society’s work.…

Why Ramadan is a clinical opportunity for pharmacy

Special report: pharmacists’ views on assisted dying

PJ view: Pharmacies can help improve vaccine uptake — why does the system make it so difficult?

The NHS ten-year plan has missed the role of pharmacy professionals in community health services

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News from Wales

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CCA calls for next Welsh government to accelerate digital access for pharmacies

Welsh Parliament building, in Cardiff, Wales

Welsh parliament approves motion on assisted dying

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Welsh community pharmacies to pilot rapid diagnostic testing for bacterial infections

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Hospital pharmacists awarded 3.3% pay rise for 2026/2027

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Pharmacy owners in Wales having to remortgage homes, NPA survey finds

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Coroner raises concern over access to patient records for pharmacists in Wales

University students doing course work

Students from 24 out of 28 pharmacy schools applied for a bursary in 2025

News from Scotland

A female pharmacist on a computer in the dispensary

CCA calls for next Welsh government to accelerate digital access for pharmacies

Welsh Parliament building, in Cardiff, Wales

Welsh parliament approves motion on assisted dying

A healthcare professional pricks the finger of a patient

Welsh community pharmacies to pilot rapid diagnostic testing for bacterial infections

A pharmacist stocks a shelf at a pharmacy

Hospital pharmacists awarded 3.3% pay rise for 2026/2027

Signs outside a community pharmacy

Pharmacy owners in Wales having to remortgage homes, NPA survey finds

A pharmacist checks medication on a computer

Coroner raises concern over access to patient records for pharmacists in Wales

University students doing course work

Students from 24 out of 28 pharmacy schools applied for a bursary in 2025

Learning & CPD

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Case-based learning: sedating medicines, breastfeeding and safe sleeping advice

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Prescribing dilemma: balancing risk and benefit when prescribing anticoagulation in an older patient with falls risk

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Prescribing unlicensed and off-label medicines

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Principles of effective prescription writing for pharmacist prescribers

Pharmacist standing at pharmacy with tablet in hands and having consultation with senior woman

Case-based learning: menopause and HRT consultations

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Using pharmaceutical prioritisation tools to improve patient care

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Improving resilience in pharmacy practice: reducing the burden of multitasking

Haemato-oncology

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Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors and B-cell malignancies: a guide for pharmacists

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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: diagnosis and management

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How can pharmacists best support patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia?

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Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. Light micrograph of a mixture of lymphocytes and plasma cells with inclusions, from bone marrow, in a case of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, also known as Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. This cancer affects B cell lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. It is named for the resemblance the abnormal cells have to plasma cells, resulting in them being termed plasmacytoid lymphocytes. The white blood cells are stained purple, with the red blood cells appearing a pale orange.

Management of Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia

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BTK inhibitors: what pharmacists need to know

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BRUKINSA: explore the possibilities in CLL

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