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May 2023, Vol 310, No 7973

Table of contents

Top news stories

This month’s podcasts

Short communications

Top news stories

prescription bags on shelf

Pharmacy First will be introduced in England in 2023, says government

nhs pharmacy sign on shopfront

NHS England looking to increase international recruitment of pharmacists

man holding clopidogrel box

NICE to recommend genetic testing before prescribing clopidogrel

Features

Infographic: the resurgence of HRT

‘Outdated, illogical and unfair’: the true cost of prescription charges

Illustration of a nurse walking through a hospital manifold room, with visibly leaking gas clouds.

Gas and air: are hospital staff safe?

The panel of chief hospital pharmacists at the roundtable, including Ross Maclagan, Penny Daynes, Liz Breen, Ruckie Kahlon, Alison Tennant, Mark Francis, Canice Ward, Raliat Onatade and Berwyn Owen.

Designing a more resilient system for medicines supply in the UK

Supported content

Illustration of a business man with a suitcase full of commercial cannabis drugs and a research scientist fighting over a cannabis leaf.

Cannabis for chronic pain: the stand-off

This month’s podcasts

This episode of The PJ Pod seeks to uncover the truth behind the hype over the use of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of mental health conditions.

This episode of The PJ Pod delves into the concerns over the imminent availability of weekly weight loss injections from community pharmacy.

Opinion

Illustration of a cannon made out of a pill bottle firing a tablet with a DNA trail

PJ view: a pharmacogenomic revolution is gathering pace

Parastou Donyai

Pharmacists as scientists: debunking cancer myths using stories to communicate

Andy Cowper, editor of Health Policy Insight

Finding the path or losing the plot? The rocky road towards community pharmacy prescribing

Royal Pharmaceutical Society director for Scotland, Laura Wilson, in front of the RPS offices in Edinburgh.

Laura Wilson: ‘We want to make sure pharmacy’s voice is heard’

concept of two heads facing opposite directions with cogs and lock and key

Person-centred structured medication reviews: the care home perspective

Anticoagulant pills moving on production line

Community pharmacy has a role in the safe transition of care for patients on anticoagulants

Conceptual image of a bumpy path made of rough rocks disappearing into the distance

The commission on pharmacy leadership’s proposals threaten the very future it wants

Learning & CPD

Young woman inhaling from nebuliser as part of cystic fibrosis treatment.

Cystic fibrosis: management and monitoring of respiratory manifestations

Man undergoing an abdominal ultrasound scan

Cystic fibrosis: management of non-respiratory manifestations

Two older women sit in front of a fan, one drinking bottled water, to avoid the heat.

Heat-related illnesses: physiology, symptoms and management

Hand opening hot blinds and peering through window.

Heat-related illnesses: preparing for periods of high temperatures

Glass of water, with emptied pill packets alongside.

Management of poisonings: the pharmacist’s role

Female patient receiving intravenous chemotherapy

Liver cancer: screening, diagnosis and management

Image focused on a student taking notes and revising.

How to prepare for the Oriel national foundation trainee pharmacist recruitment scheme

Learning articles updated this month

Prescription pad and pen

Prescribing errors in children: why they happen and how to prevent them

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Management of post-operative nausea and vomiting in adults

Mother administering medicines safely to child at home

Administering medicines safely to children at home: learning from families

Your RPS

RPS HQ

RPS announces 2023 National Pharmacy Board election results

Pharmacist preparing prescriptions

Community pharmacies should publicise availability of ‘critical’ palliative medicines, RPS standards recommend

Elen Jones, director for RPS Wales

RPS to produce green pharmacy toolkit

Tributes

Short communications

Letters