Corrinne Burns

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Correspondent

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

Pharmacist-led menopause clinics improve women’s knowledge and confidence

Helen Goldie told delegates at the Royal College of Pharmacy Scotland conference that employing a group consultation model at pharmacist-led menopause clinics places “community itself as part of the therapeutic intervention”.…

Four in five people carry out personal health monitoring, survey finds

The polling by YouGov also found that nearly half of respondents said blood pressure was the health aspect that they self-monitored.…

Regulator encourages development of microbiome-based medicines

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s position paper is aimed to provide clarity on microbiome medicinal products and how to bring them forward “with confidence”.…

Targeted blood pressure monitoring reduces stroke risk compared with fixed-dose treatment

In a meta-analysis covering almost 3,000 patients, researchers found that those receiving intensive blood pressure-lowering therapy showed a 38% reduction in recurrent stroke risk compared with those undertaking antihypertensive treatment.…

NHS trust to recirculate out-of-hours medicines access process following prisoner death

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust also confirmed that training sessions will continue to reinforce staff understanding in response to a coroner's prevention of future deaths report.…

NICE includes children in updated guidance for allergy medicine

Itulazax and acarizax are both sublingual immunotherapies in tablet form, which are taken once daily and dissolve under the tongue.…

Pharmacies pilot test for prevention of oesophageal cancer

A total of 12 pharmacies across the East Midlands and London are offering the EndoSign capsule sponge test to patients with persistent heartburn or acid reflux in order to screen for oesophageal cancer.…

Escalation pathways for complex anticoagulation introduced after patient death

A patient died from prosthetic aortic valve thrombosis with sub-therapeutic anticoagulation, after clinicians were unable to keep her international normalised ratio within a therapeutic range.…

Updated hypertension case‑finding service draws calls for impact assessment

Changes to the specification for the ‘Community pharmacy hypertension case-finding service’ exclude people who have previously had a blood pressure check via the service in the previous five years.…

Boots launches private gonorrhoea vaccination service

The high street chain said that gonorrhoea vaccines, which will cost £220 for the full course of two doses, will be available at 160 of its pharmacies.…