News Fewer than 20% of type 2 diabetes patients on most effective medicine for them, model shows The model was also associated with a 38% reduction in the likelihood of glycaemic failure over five years.…Published: 28 February 2025
News Pharmacy educators should incorporate sustainability into curriculums, says GPhC Updated guidance urges pharmacy education and training providers to make changes to course provisions to inform future pharmacists about sustainability issues that affect pharmacy and patients.…Published: 28 February 2025
News Some UCLan students should not have been offered MPharm placements, says GPhC The General Pharmaceutical Council has intervened at the University of Central Lancashire’s School of Pharmacy owing to “extensive” issues, including a lack of pharmacists as senior staff.…Published: 27 February 2025
News MPs call for urgent review into medicines shortages A letter from 45 cross-party MPs has urged the government to look into medicines shortages to ensure patients have their “life-saving medications”.…Published: 27 February 2025
News Brenda Jones (1933–2024)On 3 July 2024, Brenda Jones MPharmS, aged 90 years, of Manchester. Mrs Jones registered with the Society in 1957.…Published: 27 February 2025
News Government ‘a long way off’ from meeting targets to control AMR infections Despite the government’s goal of reducing antimicrobial-resistant infections by 10% between 2018 and 2025, a National Audit Office report found that infections in England had risen by 2023 to 13% above the 2018 baseline.…Published: 26 February 2025
News Use community pharmacies to combat falling vaccine uptake, report urges A report published by the Company Chemists’ Association on behalf of the Pharmacy Vaccinations Development Group has suggested that community pharmacies are well placed to increase vaccine uptake, raise patients’ confidence and prevent ill health.…Published: 26 February 2025
News Whooping cough cases increase by 1,600% in a year, data show Data from the UK Health Security Agency show that in 2024, the total number of pertussis cases exceeded the total cases observed during the 2012 whooping cough outbreak in England.…Published: 25 February 2025
News SIGN rejects opioids and medicinal cannabis for chronic pain in draft guidance Draft guidance on management of chronic pain included medicinal cannabis for the first time, not recommending it on the basis of limited clinical evidence and consistent evidence of adverse effects.…Published: 25 February 2025
News Almost 400,000 patients unable to get prescriptions from their local pharmacy, analysis reveals The Liberal Democrats have urged the government to take steps to address cost increases that are affecting medicines access and struggling pharmacies.…Published: 24 February 2025
