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Alet Ransom

Pharmacy technician, North Oxfordshire Rural Alliance Primary Care Network…

Published: 6 December 2024

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Louise Organista

Advanced clinical pharmacist in frailty, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust…

Published: 6 December 2024

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Anna Matthews

Independent pharmacy contractor, Nanty Pharmacy, Nantyffyllon, Maesteg, Wales…

Published: 6 December 2024

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Mariachiara D’Elia

Clinical pharmacist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London…

Published: 6 December 2024

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Microsampling: a patient-centred approach to therapeutic drug monitoring

While adopting microsampling techniques could mean faster, less stressful blood tests for vulnerable patients, introducing this method into existing NHS infrastructure has proved both costly and challenging.…

Published: 29 November 2024

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Taking its toll: the global pancreatic enzyme shortage

The shortage of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy - sourced from pigs - is impacting the physical and mental health of thousands of patients who rely on it, with charities calling on the government to urgently intervene.…

Published: 21 November 2024

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Everything you need to know about NICE’s decisions on ‘game-changing’ Alzheimer’s drugs

In August and October 2024, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence issued a decision not to recommend two new drugs for Alzheimer’s disease that experts had previously welcomed for their disease-modifying effects. We explain the reasons behind their decisions.…

Published: 14 November 2024

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Will reshoring medicines manufacturing solve shortages in the UK?

In the United States and some European countries, drug manufacturing is being brought home to mitigate shortages of critical medicines, but would similar action in the UK shore up supply resilience?…

Published: 7 November 2024

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Why are increasing numbers of students dropping out of pharmacy education?

Data show more and more students are dropping out of the MPharm programme, which is being attributed to students’ mental health, financial difficulties, a changing education programme and a return to normalcy post-COVID.…

Published: 30 October 2024

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Spotlight: Safety of time-critical medicines

In this ‘Spotlight’ episode of The PJ Pod, we look at ways to reduce the number of patient safety incidents related to time-critical medicines.…

Published: 30 October 2024