Women in pharmacy celebrated at Houses of Parliament reception Attendees, including several of The Pharmaceutical Journal's Women to Watch, gathered to acknowledge and promote the role of female pharmacy professionals.…
Pharmacy bodies call for pharmacists to be involved in delivery and evaluation of genomic medicines services A position statement from pharmacy bodies says pharmacists' skills could be used in emerging roles as genomic medicine expands to cover wider aspects of healthcare.…
LloydsPharmacy pharmacists agree to bonus payment but no salary increase in settlement The Pharmacists' Defence Association Union, which represents pharmacists working at LloydsPharmacy, said the deal had been agreed owing to job uncertainty at the multiple for many members.…
Review of homecare medicines service to launch in Scotland The British Society for Rheumatology first raised concerns about homecare medicines delivery services in 2022 after reports of patients experiencing delays in receiving medicines.…
Pharmacists face pressure to work ‘outside their scope of practice’ during doctors’ strike, says union Exclusive: The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists said it has heard that pharmacists are having to "work extended hours and take on additional roles outside their scope of practice" during the junior doctors' strike.…
Community pharmacies spending twice as much time managing medicines shortages as last year Pharmacy staff are spending an average of 11 hours per week on medicines procurement in 2023, double the 5.3 hours they reported in the previous year, a survey has revealed.…
Fewer than one in ten patients carry anticoagulation safety card The findings of the latest community pharmacy oral anticoagulant safety audit have prompted NHS England to propose the creation of a digital version of the yellow cards for smartphones.…
NHS tenders contract to train 500 supervisors for independent prescribing pharmacists The contract follows warnings of a shortage of designated prescribing practitioners to supervise pharmacists who are training to become independent prescribers.…
Medicines regulator approves UK’s first dual combination inhaler for mild asthma AstraZeneca said the marketing authorisation meant its Symbicort Turbohaler 200/6 could be used by 2.7 million adults in the UK who live with mild asthma.…
Epilepsy charities call on government to immediately halt two-clinician sign-off for patients taking valproate A coalition of epilepsy charities has said the decision is "totally out of proportion to the risks to patient safety".…