July 2023, Vol 311, No 7975
Top news stories
MPharm students to be able to dispense medicines on undergraduate clinical placements
Patient safety commissioner begins work on compensating families affected by sodium valproate
Features
Special report: charting the rise in ADHD prescribing
Would UK approval of lecanemab be a game changer for people with Alzheimer’s disease?
Ethnicity research gap: is pharmacy the key to making trials more representative?
Depression and ‘the pill’: untangling the evidence
This month’s podcast
In this episode of The PJ Pod, we take a closer look at ADHD prescribing data and talk about what the increase in diagnoses means for patients and the NHS going forward.
Opinion
PJ view: Pharmacy needs a short-term workforce plan now
Lest we forget lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
Why are we ‘Booting’ out community pharmacy capacity?
Reducing overprescribing and improving the health of patients with learning disabilities and autism
Pharmacy is failing patients with language barriers — we must do better
Pharmacists are the success story of general practice, and they are here to stay
‘Painkillers don’t exist’: how our campaign helped to reduce opioid prescribing
Learning, CPD & Research
How to conduct effective men’s health promotion in community pharmacy
Assessment and prevention of cardiovascular disease
Children and young people with asthma: symptoms, diagnosis and the role of pharmacy
Children and young people with asthma: pharmacological management and monitoring
The use of insulin biobetters and biosimilars in the UK
How to perform accurate medicines reconciliation
Your RPS
Elen Jones: ‘We need to instil passion in those coming into pharmacy’
