UK’s first safe drug consumption room approved to open in Glasgow The facility will allow people to use drugs in a sterile environment under medical supervision, and access other related services.…
RPS condemns ‘unjust’ exclusion of pharmacy students from government support fund Pharmacy students are not currently eligible for the NHS learning support fund, which offers help for healthcare students on practice placements.…
Nearly 900 packs of medicine returned to Midlands pharmacies during regional antibiotic amnesty The Scottish government has said it also intends to run an amnesty campaign via community pharmacies.…
Pharmacy leaders warn that funding for independent prescribing pilot programme could leave community pharmacies ‘out of pocket’ Funding for the independent prescribing pathfinder programme has been described as “unviable” by sector leaders.…
Dominique Jordan (1960–2023) President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, Dominique Jordan, was described as having “left his mark on Swiss pharmacy, and on the world of pharmacy, in a way that few people have done before him”.…
NICE guidance ‘addresses the high unmet need’ for treatment of acute migraine The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended rimegepant for acute migraine — the first available oral treatment for the condition.…
Shortage of scabies treatment ‘likely to become a major public health issue’ The government has issued a medicine supply notification warning that permethrin 5% w/w cream will be “in limited supply until further notice due to an increase in demand”.…
Every community pharmacy in Scotland to stock emergency supplies of naloxone from October 2023 The naloxone emergency supply service will be added to the community pharmacy public health service in Scotland from 30 October 2023.…
Pharmacists asked for views on implementing pharmacogenetics in the NHS Participants in a survey will be presented with a series of hypothetical options related to using pharmacogenetics in the prescribing process, as part of a pilot programme.…
‘Blanket switch’ to greener inhalers not recommended in prescribing guidance The Scottish government has published a consultation on draft guidance emphasising that patients should only be switched to greener inhalers “if effectiveness, safety or adherence is not compromised”.…
