Saša Janković

Journalist

Saša Janković is a pharmacy journalist and business writer (www.sasawrites.com). Saša recently reported on the issue of gender inequality in the pharmacy profession and its impact on the careers of female pharmacists. The article ‘From the shop floor to the glass ceiling’ was featured in the March 2018 print edition of The Pharmaceutical Journal and was a catalyst for the #PJMindTheGap Twitter chat on gender inequality in pharmacy.

Pharmacy regulator considers giving up legal authority to conduct covert investigations of pharmacists

The General Pharmaceutical Council has not used its covert surveillance powers since being granted them in 2018.…

Medicines shortages and slow approvals put ‘significant burden’ on pharmacists, says report

A report by The Nuffield Trust has concluded that medicines shortages have been exacerbated in the UK following Brexit and that approvals are typically slower in Great Britain compared with the EU.…

Government should consider ways to prevent ‘inappropriate overseas prescribing’ of hormone drugs, review recommends

The Cass review of gender identity services for children and young people has recommended the government work with the General Pharmaceutical Council to consider statutory solutions to prevent inappropriate overseas prescribing of hormone supplies.…

Pharmacy regulator consults on annual monitoring of pharmacy education providers

The General Pharmaceutical Council has launched a consultation on collecting yearly data, including student feedback, admissions and performance, from educational organisations.…

Politicians urged to review prescription charge system as fee rises to almost £10 per item

The NHS prescription charge will increase from £9.65 to £9.90 per item from 1 May 2024.…

Boots offers private COVID-19 vaccination service at almost £100 per jab

The multiple will offer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination privately at 52 locations across England.…

Pharmacists working in primary care increase by a quarter in a year

The number of pharmacy technicians working in primary care has also increased, rising by 40.4% between 2022 and 2023.…

Declining use of sodium valproate linked to fall in birth defects among children, study results show

Children exposed to levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine and lamotrigine in the womb had the lowest prevalence of major congenital malformations.…

Fourteen nitazenes made Class A controlled drugs

The Home Office has made 15 new synthetic opioids Class A drugs “to prevent drug related deaths in the UK”.…

Pharmacists could safely assess mislabelled penicillin allergy, study results suggest

Pharmacists and other non-allergy specialist healthcare professionals assessed 97% of trial participants as having no penicillin allergy.…