Harriet Pike

Long COVID: the pharmacy staff picking up the pieces months after being infected

We speak to formerly fit and well pharmacists and technicians whose lives have been devastated by long COVID.…

The Oxford miracle: making enough COVID-19 vaccine to supply the world

The inside story on how the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine made it from the laboratory into the arms of millions in less than a year.…

Collaboration not competition: the NHS masterplan to keep patients out of hospital

Health challenges and inequalities have been exacerbated by COVID-19, meaning providing joined up health and social care that keeps people out of hospital is more important than ever, and is central to the government’s blueprint for the NHS in England. Pharmacy teams are already playing an integra…

Medicines safety in children

Children in hospital are estimated to be exposed to potential harm related to their medicines three times more often than adults. Here, we look at the types of medicines-related safety incidents that are reported in children and where and when they happen.…