March 2023, Vol 310, No 7971
Top news stories
Weight loss drug semaglutide will ‘soon’ be available to eligible patients, says NICE
NHS England to remove financial incentives for structured medication reviews in 2023/2024
Features
‘Pandemic of tragedy’: the deaths caused by gaps in online drug supply regulations
Infographic: the ethnicity awarding gap for the pharmacy degree during COVID-19
Testosterone for menopause: why women face difficulties accessing treatment
Complex and inflexible: the shortcomings of serious shortage protocols
Untangling anorexia: psychedelics offer hope for a neglected condition
This month’s podcasts
In this Spotlight episode of The PJ Pod, we talk through an investigation that has shown the awarding gap between white pharmacy graduates and their ethnic minority counterparts in the UK has narrowed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this learning episode of The PJ Pod, we have enlisted the help of two experts to explore what it takes to deliver effective deprescribing and ask what pharmacists can do to help patients get the most from their medicines..
Opinion
PJ view: Low morale among pharmacists is damaging the future of pharmacy
PJ view: Pharmacy’s professional leadership body deserves an independent voice
Undergraduate pharmacy education must become more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people
‘Show me your meds, please’: the impact of home-based medicines assessments
Warm words cannot mask the true picture of pharmacy neglect
‘Pandemic of tragedy’: how the availability of drugs online led to the death of a 24-year-old
Taiwo Owatemi: ‘Pharmacists should be able to refer patients straight to secondary care’
Tackling pharmacy’s reliance on single-use plastic
Nitrous oxide could be harming people as much as the planet
Learning & CPD
Motion sickness: causes, prevention and management
Hyponatraemia: clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment
Autism: identification, management and support
Pharmacy’s role in supporting adults who self-harm
How to conduct a clinical review of a patient’s medicines
Interpretation of electrocardiograms
Dose adjustments of antimicrobials in patients with renal impairment
Your RPS
Former RPS Scottish Pharmacy Board chair receives Charter Award
RPS rejoins International Pharmaceutical Federation
