Corrinne Burns

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Correspondent

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

‘From the bench to the patient’: the relaunch of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology

Here, the latest editors of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, a peer-reviewed open access research journal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Oxford University Press, explain its updated research focus and how it can make a difference to patients.…

Hospitals should identify and prescribe time-critical medicines within 24 hours of emergency admission

NHS England standards also state that support services, including pharmacy, should be available daily for acute receiving areas during extended-day working hours.…

Boots launches lung cancer early awareness scheme

Signs will be placed around over-the-counter cold and flu management products advising patients to speak to a Macmillan-trained pharmacist if they have symptoms suggestive of lung cancer.…

Coroner raises concern over access to patient records for pharmacists in Wales

A patient died after taking one drug for a chest infection and another for high cholesterol, which were contraindicated.…

Nearly 400 ‘dormant’ medicines targeted to be revived by government, industry and NHS scheme

Medicines UK said that the collaborative project would focus on 'dormant' medicines that represent a serious risk to supply resilience and could result in medicines shortages.…

Aspirin supplies expected to stabilise ‘over coming weeks’

In response to a written question to the Department of Health and Social Care, health minister Zubir Ahmed said the government is working with all partners in the supply chain to “ensure maximum accessibility” of aspirin in pharmacies and hospitals.…

Philip Leon Marshall Davies (1938–2026)

Celebrated as a “a true leader and a real gentleman”, Marshall Davies helped shape the direction of a variety of expert bodies and inspired countless colleagues through his leadership.…

Patient register would help reduce harm from ketamine use, says advisory council

A report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommended a patient register of legitimate, off-label use of ketamine to enable patient safety monitoring and report outcomes from long-term use of the drug.…

RPS calls for pharmacy students to be included in NHS bursary scheme

In response to a Welsh government consultation, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society said pharmacy students should be eligible for the NHS Wales bursary scheme since “the nature of pharmacy education has evolved significantly”.…

Class 1 recall issued for quetiapine oral suspension

A national patient safety alert said that pharmacy teams must immediately stop supplying affected products, as well as quarantine and return any remaining stock.…