Corrinne Burns

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Correspondent

Corrinne Burns is Royal Pharmaceutical Society Correspondent at The Pharmaceutical Journal.

NHS employers in England to be measured on staff wellbeing standards

The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have announced standards to address problems in six areas, including workplace racism, violence and sexual harassment.…

‘A once-in-a-generation opportunity’: what community pharmacy wants from contract reform

Community pharmacy leaders share their recommendations for sector reform under the ‘Community pharmacy contractual framework’.…

Pharmacy flu vaccination booking system to open two weeks earlier

The National Booking Service will open on 17 August 2026, following requests from patients wanting to book appointments earlier than September in previous years.…

UK signs up to European rare diseases network

The National Institute for Health and Care Research said membership of the European Rare Diseases Research Alliance will open “new pathways for UK researchers to participate in international clinical trials”.…

New antidepressant prescriptions lower than pre-pandemic levels, study finds

Researchers found that the incident rate of central nervous system medicines was 4.1 per 1,000 person-months in February 2024, which is down from 6.0 per 1,000 person months in February 2020.…

Blood pressure and cholesterol in older adults with obesity found to be similar to people with healthy BMIs

Study authors said their findings coincide with an increased use of cholesterol-lowering medication and blood pressure medication in recent years among adults aged over 40 years with obesity, compared with adults with normal BMIs.…

Community pharmacies receive government obesity care funding

The announcement is part of a UK-wide programme of innovative schemes that could include the provision of weight-loss drugs.…

UKPPLAB to cease operations as it hands over to pharmacy bodies

In a ‘Concordat for delivery’, representatives of seven pharmacy bodies have outlined pre-requisites for the development of “an ambitious and inclusive royal college as a wider home for pharmacy by 2030”.…

Pharmacist and dentist-led smoking cessation clinic led to 20% quit rate

The smoking cessation programme offered continuous behavioural counselling, pharmacological therapy and dental care incentives for participants who expressed a willingness to quit.…

NICE recommends first drug to delay symptoms of type 1 diabetes for NHS use

In what has been described as “an extraordinary moment”, teplizumab has been recommended as an immunotherapy for adults and children aged eight years and older with stage two type 1 diabetes mellitus.…