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December 2024, Vol 313, No 7992

Table of contents

Top news stories

Announcements & Tributes

Top news stories

Health secretary Wes Streeting

Pharmacy contract negotiations to start in new year, says health secretary

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MHRA eliminates backlog of medicines awaiting marketing authorisation

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Online pharmacies to be inspected within six months of registration, says GPhC

Features

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Looking back at 2024: a review of the biggest stories in pharmacy

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A bumpy road for pharmacy in 2024

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Top ten features of 2024

Outstanding pharmacy professionals recognised in The Pharmaceutical Journal’s 2024 ‘Women to Watch’ list

Opinion

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PJ view: There are still reasons to be optimistic about pharmacy in 2025, despite a challenging 2024

Top ten opinion articles of 2024

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How a GP referral scheme improved hypertension detection in community pharmacy

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Working across boundaries to enable research in pharmacy

Learning & CPD

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Test yourself: the 2024 CPD and learning quiz

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Learning and CPD: 2024 in review

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Top ten articles of 2024 from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s research journals

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Prescribing dilemma: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors for heart failure in an older patient

Pregnant woman getting vaccination jab

Maternal vaccination: rationale, recommendations and role of pharmacists

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How to use clinical reasoning in pharmacy

Your RPS

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Your views on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s royal college proposals

RPS HQ in London

National Pharmacy Board meeting: 7 November 2024

Letters

Announcements & Tributes