News Janice Try diesOn 18 September, Janice Try (née Newham, formerly Edwards) MRPharmS, aged 78, of 28 Meadway Park, Gerrards Cross, Bucks SL9 7NN. Mrs Try registered with Society in 1958.…Published: 23 October 2014
News New Zealand allows access to sildenafil through pharmacy Men suffering erectile dysfunction in New Zealand are now able to buy sildenafil from specially trained pharmacists without a GP’s prescription.…Published: 23 October 2014
News Disappointment at decision to ignore call to cap pharmacy student numbers A government refusal to introduce controls on the number of pharmacy students in the UK has been met with disappointment by pharmacy organisations.…Published: 22 October 2014
News Review calls for improvements to medicines management in Welsh hospitals Unannounced inspections of facilities providing hospital care for elderly patients in Wales have revealed serious shortfalls in medicines management.…Published: 22 October 2014
News Pharmacy regulator canvasses pre-registration tutors Pre-registration tutors are being asked by the General Pharmaceutical Council what they need to be better supported in their job.…Published: 22 October 2014
News Support for Bill to allow terminal cancer patients access to drugs in development A private members Bill that seeks to allow doctors to prescribe investigational drugs to terminally ill cancer patients has won government backing.…Published: 22 October 2014
News Public call for Roche to cut price of breast cancer drug An online petition calls on the drug company Roche to lower the price of its breast cancer drug Kadcyla to make it cheap enough to be made available on the NHS.…Published: 22 October 2014
News National minor ailment scheme could help save NHS £1bn Community pharmacists in England could help save the NHS up to £1bn a year if they were contracted to run a national minor ailments service.…Published: 21 October 2014
News Liberal Democrat peer to lead revalidation advisory groupLord Kirwood of Kirkhope has been appointed chairman of a group set up to provide advice to pharmacy regulators about continuing fitness to practise reforms.…Published: 21 October 2014
News New medicine service guaranteed a place in pharmacy, conference hears The new medicine service is here to stay for the foreseeable future, according to the chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…Published: 21 October 2014