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Core advanced credentialing: lessons from a hospital pilot programme

Hospital pharmacists are developing advanced practice every day, but often without the support to evidence it. Barts Health NHS Trust is piloting an employer-led approach to get them credential-ready.…

Are electronic prescribing systems as safe as we think?

PJ view: Pharmacists must not be trapped by the promise of AI efficiencies

Can immunotherapy stop the clock on type 1 diabetes?

Everything you need to know about the push for microbiome medicine development

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Everything you need to know about nitazenes

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Pharmacy’s role in harm reduction in individuals with substance use disorder

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Applications of AI in pharmacy practice

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Using generative AI to support revision and learning

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Best practice for consultations with patients with additional speech and hearing needs

Amyloid plaques amongst neurons

Diagnosis and management of dementia

The dangers of propranolol for anxiety

News from Wales

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Pharmacy ‘at the heart’ of Welsh government’s healthcare priorities

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Nasal adrenaline spray recommended for use in NHS Wales

‘We’re in our early days’: the Royal College of Pharmacy’s first national advisory council chairs on their priorities

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Once-weekly insulin would be ‘significant change’ for diabetes prescribers

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NICE includes children in updated guidance for allergy medicine

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Common ailments service rated as ‘excellent’ by almost all users, study finds

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NICE recommends heart drug aficamten with simultaneous MHRA approval

News from Scotland

A pharmacist reaches for a prescription in a community pharmacy

Pharmacy ‘at the heart’ of Welsh government’s healthcare priorities

Light blue background with EURNeffy product in the centre

Nasal adrenaline spray recommended for use in NHS Wales

‘We’re in our early days’: the Royal College of Pharmacy’s first national advisory council chairs on their priorities

A woman uses a insulin injection

Once-weekly insulin would be ‘significant change’ for diabetes prescribers

A child with allergies blows his nose with a tissue

NICE includes children in updated guidance for allergy medicine

A pharmacist assists a patient in a community pharmacy

Common ailments service rated as ‘excellent’ by almost all users, study finds

A middle aged man takes a tablet with water

NICE recommends heart drug aficamten with simultaneous MHRA approval

Learning & CPD

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Supporting patients who are clinically vulnerable to COVID-19

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How to manage medicines during major incidents

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Case-based learning: differentiating migraine in a patient with sickle cell disease

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Understanding risk and clinical utility, dropouts, data handling and the discussion section when evaluating studies

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Evaluating study results: statistical inference, hypothesis testing and significance

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Evaluating study results: central tendency and variability and confidence intervals

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Diabetic retinopathy: screening and management

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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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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