January 2025, Vol 314, No 7993
Top news stories
Coroner raises concerns over pharmacists being unable to amend prescriptions following death of toddler
Melatonin prescribing in children rises by 245% in nine years, data show
PrEP pilot underway in five community pharmacies across south west England
Features
‘A wicked problem’: tackling variable access to urgent palliative care medicines
Spotlight: Palliative care access
What does the assisted dying legislation mean for pharmacy?
Engineering precision: developing the next generation of antibody drug conjugates
A shrinking world: What the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about travel vaccines in a globalised society
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BRUKINSA is now reimbursed across the UK for R/R MZL
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PJ view: Palliative care must not be forgotten if assisted dying legislation progresses
Psychotropic deprescribing in ethnic minority individuals with a learning disability requires a more nuanced approach
How we have improved fitness-to-practise and inspection processes
Educational supervision is needed to support community pharmacists as independent prescribers
A 2.8% pay uplift recommendation reflects a tough economy for everyone
Pharmacy professionals will be vital to the MHRA’s regulatory work in 2025
Learning & CPD
How to make the most of travel health consultations
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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: diagnosis and management
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Designing an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system in a paediatric setting
How to implement an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system in a paediatric setting
Testicular cancer: symptoms, diagnosis and management
Understanding scope of practice and accountability when prescribing
Optimising use of SGLT2 inhibitors in hospital patients
Your RPS
RPS publishes main themes raised at ‘roadshows’ ahead of vote on royal college proposals
Patients put at risk by medicine shortages, warns RPS in evidence to APPG inquiry
Pharmacy can ‘unleash the potential’ of vaccines against AMR
Letters
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Look out for PANDAS in the UK
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Enhancing medicines safety for people with learning disabilities and autism through STOMP
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Reframe project: ensuring diverse images for healthcare
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Why England’s Pharmacy First sore throat service needs point-of-care testing
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The royal professor of pharmacy
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Using digital tools to support clinical pharmacist HRT reviews in primary care