Medicines safety in children Children in hospital are estimated to be exposed to potential harm related to their medicines three times more often than adults. Here, we look at the types of medicines-related safety incidents that are reported in children and where and when they happen.…
Headache: a visual guide Headache is among the most common neurological reasons for A&E attendance, but most cases can be treated in primary care. This infographic provides a visual overview of the main types of headache.…
2020: the year of COVID-19 This year has been dominated by a single topic. Here, we look back at an extraordinary 12 months, and an extremely challenging time for pharmacy teams.…
Becoming a pharmacist: in numbers The path to becoming part of the profession can be a rocky one for some. Here are an aspiring pharmacist’s chances at each stage of the process, based on the best available data. Would you make it now?…
Untangling IBS from IBD Although they sound similar, share some symptoms and are not mutually exclusive, irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease are two distinct conditions that require different approaches.…
Preserving macrolides Macrolide antibiotics have many uses, particularly for penicillin-allergic patients, but recent trends suggest that resistance is increasing among Gram-positive infections.…
Blue, brown and now green The ‘NHS long-term plan’ has called for a shift towards inhalers with a lower carbon footprint.…
Targeting COVID-19: the drugs being fast-tracked through clinical trials and how they work The NHS is rapidly enrolling patients into studies as part of a focused international effort to find medicines that will interfere with viral replication or help modulate the immune system response.…
Spotting the signs of acute kidney injury With 65% of cases beginning in the community, pharmacists can help detect acute kidney injury early and review patients’ medicines before their condition worsens. …
The race to stop COVID-19 As a new strain of coronavirus threatens public health systems across the globe, researchers are racing to develop a vaccine.…
