Corrinne Burns

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Correspondent

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

Legislation enabling pharmacy professionals to supply take-home naloxone comes into force

The decision to expand the list of healthcare professionals authorised to supply take-home naloxone aims to address the problem of opioid-related deaths making up the largest proportion of drug-related deaths in the UK.…

Hospital pharmacist trainees more likely to pass registration exam than community trainees, finds analysis

Authors found that, between 2016 and 2024, students were more likely to pass the registration exam if they had undertaken their placement in a hospital, rather than a community setting.…

RPS raises concerns after draft HIV guidance recommends unregulated website for purchasing PrEP

The guidance suggests options to patients who are unable or unwilling to access PrEP on the NHS and calls for community pharmacies to “support greater equity” in accessing the drug.…

British public divided on whether NHS should offer weight-loss jabs, survey results show

The findings of the Ipsos 'Public attitudes toward weight-loss injections' poll show that 37% of British adults surveyed support weight-loss injections being offered on the NHS, while 32% said they were opposed.…

Autumn budget could result in £200m additional annual costs for community pharmacies, finds analysis

Pharmacy bodies have called on the government to offset costs for community pharmacies related to increases in employers' national insurance contributions and the national living wage as it has done with the NHS.…

First UK-wide joint asthma guideline recommends combination treatment for new diagnoses

The guideline recommends that all asthma patients over the age of 12 should be prescribed low dosages of inhaled corticosteroids and formoterol to address inflammation and symptoms.…

Government should publish national strategy to tackle medicines shortages, says RPS

In ‘Medicines shortages policy: solutions for empty shelves’, published on 26 November 2024, the Society makes 20 recommendations to alleviate ongoing medicines shortages in the UK.…

Generic weight loss drugs could alleviate shortages, says BGMA

Although the British Generic Manufacturers Association anticipates at least four companies receiving UK marketing authorisations for type 2 diabetes and obesity, it remains unclear how many will be rolled out immediately.…

NICE proposes adding cytisine to stop-smoking guideline

The NICE consultation on cytisinicline follows NHS England's announcement that varenicline would be available again for NHS patients as a generic.…

Scottish community pharmacies trialling oral contraception initiation service

The service offers a variety of oral contraception that can be prescribed, including the progesterone-only pill or combined oral contraception.…