Carolyn Wickware

Executive Editor

Carolyn Wickware is Executive Editor at The Pharmaceutical Journal

The Pharmaceutical Journal’s Sophie Willis wins ‘Newcomer of the year’ award

This is the third year in a row that a journalist from The Pharmaceutical Journal has been recognised at the Avicenna Media Awards.…

NICE recommends olaparib for advanced breast cancer in final draft guidance

The drug has previously been recommended for some types of ovarian cancer in England and for prostate cancer in Scotland.…

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.…

Emeka Onwudiwe: ‘The prescribing qualification is a landmark for pharmacy students’

The president of the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association discusses the opportunities and challenges of preparing to become an independent prescriber from registration.…

Online pharmacy activity linked to 40 open fitness-to-practise cases, says GPhC

Presenting at The Pharmacy Show on 13 October 2023, Roz Gittins revealed that 68% of online pharmacies were found to meet all regulatory standards at inspection, 17 percentage points lower than for registered pharmacies overall.…

Government opens £400m investment programme to boost UK clinical trials

The investment programme will increase the UK’s capacity for clinical trials and give researchers greater access to the latest equipment and technology, the government said.…

State of pharmacy: what’s in store for the profession under Labour?

Labour’s plans for pharmacy have only been roughly sketched out, but the party’s track record — alongside demands from the sector — can provide some insight into how the planned NHS reform may affect pharmacy.…

Behavioural medicine lecturer wins award for early-career pharmacy research

Sion Scott was selected as the winner of the 2024 Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award for his research using behavioural science to facilitate routine deprescribing of medicines where the risks outweigh their benefits.…

More than a fifth of community pharmacies have cut opening hours in one year

Exclusive: The most common drop in opening hours was between 2 and 4 hours per week, with some pharmacies reducing hours by more than 32 hours per week.…