There is an official shortage of pharmacists: what now?
In March 2021, pharmacists were added to the Home Office’s shortage occupation list, leading to questions over how to tackle this issue.…
News
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COVID-19 vaccines have prevented more than 10,000 deaths in England, PHE says
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‘Pharmacy plays a vital role in maintaining patient flow and efficiency of discharges’ – a day in the life of an orthopaedic pharmacist
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Corticosteroid shortens recovery time in COVID-19 patients treated in the community, early trial results show
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MPharm student intake increases by more than 10% for second year running
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RPS pharmacy board election candidates more than double in 2021
Learning & CPD
Uncontrolled asthma: assessment and management
Primary biliary cholangitis: diagnosis and management
Administering medicines safely to children at home: learning from families
Prescribing errors in children: why they happen and how to prevent them
How to use the new Pharmaceutical Journal website
Diagnosis and management of wheeze in pre-school children
Paracetamol use in infants and young children
Special issue: Medicines in children
Families are struggling to use medicines at home — we must truly involve them in their own safety
Do long-term antibiotics for acne fuel antimicrobial resistance?
‘Nothing compares to it’ — a day in the life of a child and adolescent mental health pharmacist
Using critical incident data to promote paediatric medication safety: a regional quality improvement initiative in Northern Ireland
Forgotten children: scheme to improve medicines use in young people with learning disabilities has lost momentum
Medicines safety in children
Steve Tomlin: ‘If two-year-olds can swallow a piece of Lego, they can swallow tablets’
Research
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Assessing the integration of pharmacist independent prescribers in child and adolescent mental health services
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The impact of a community pharmacy cough, cold and flu service on antibiotic prescribing and its acceptability
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Using critical incident data to promote paediatric medication safety: a regional quality improvement initiative in Northern Ireland
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Evaluation of a community pharmacy service for uncomplicated urinary tract infection
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Evaluation of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust community pharmacy transfer of care around medicines service
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Misuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs to obtain illicit highs: how pharmacists can prevent abuse