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Government warned repeatedly to better regulate supply of drugs online after series of deaths

NHS policy team designing menopause referral service for community pharmacy

NICE confirms recommendation for NHS use of three COVID-19 treatments

Medicines regulator approves UK’s first dual combination inhaler for mild asthma

Epilepsy charities call on government to immediately halt two-clinician sign-off for patients taking valproate

Pharmacists given discretion to dispense urgent items on mixed prescriptions in ‘confusing’ HRT prepayment certificate guidance
Features & analysis

‘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

Effective deprescribing: getting the most from medicine

Untangling anorexia: psychedelics offer hope for a neglected condition

Spotlight: the ‘new thalidomide’
Opinion

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

PJ view: Low morale among pharmacists is damaging the future of pharmacy

Taiwo Owatemi: ‘Pharmacists should be able to refer patients straight to secondary care’

Tackling pharmacy’s reliance on single-use plastic
Letters
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Call for nominations for RPS Fellowship
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Talking about polypharmacy: the service user perspective
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The new Pharmacy Leadership Council must be established quickly
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Development and implementation of a national antimicrobial intravenous-to-oral switch criteria for early switching
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Appropriate management of urinary tract infections in older patients
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Transitional change is required to reposition pharmacy as we enter 2023
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Public and pharmacist views on the appearance of and messaging on antibiotics to address inappropriate use
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Highlights of 2022: a letter from the three Royal Pharmaceutical Society national pharmacy board chairs