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Feature

Prepare to say ‘Hi!’ to your virtual AI assistant

Computerised clinical decision support is evolving away from deriving rules from guidelines and expert knowledge, into using large datasets of patient case data and advanced artificial intelligence methods to personalise patient care at the bedside.…

Published: 27 April 2023

Opinion

James Davies: ‘We have a big vision that has to be turned into reality’

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's new director for England shares his priorities for 2023 and the Society's plans for supporting the profession.…

Published: 19 April 2023

News

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

Exclusive: Analysis of coroner’s reports has revealed a decade-long pattern of deaths caused by overdoses from drugs supplied online, accompanied by warnings to the government that more may die without tighter restrictions.…

Published: 30 March 2023

Feature

‘Pandemic of tragedy’: the deaths caused by gaps in online drug supply regulations

In the past ten years, multiple people have died after taking drugs they purchased online, with coroners warning that people will continue to do so without tighter regulations in place.…

Published: 30 March 2023

Opinion

‘Pandemic of tragedy’: how the availability of drugs online led to the death of a 24-year-old

A father recounts how the death of his son Jason Houghton could have been prevented with tighter controls around the availability of drugs online.…

Published: 20 March 2023

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Nearly 1 billion e-prescriptions issued over past year

NHS England data show that the number of e-prescriptions issued in England has almost doubled in the past five years.…

Published: 13 February 2023

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First electronic prescriptions in Wales to be sent from GPs to pharmacies by autumn 2023

Eluned Morgan, minister for health and social services, said that NHS Wales was working with community pharmacy IT system providers to encourage them to minimise the use of paper.…

Published: 9 January 2023

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New ten-year vision for pharmacy says pharmacists will play important role in use of genomic data

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the King's Fund developed the vision with input from pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and patients.…

Published: 14 December 2022

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Direct referral to pharmacies among goals of updated plan for Welsh pharmacy

The updated version of 'Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales' includes goals for pharmacists to be able to access and update patient records and embedding a genomic medicine plan into pharmacy practice.…

Published: 27 October 2022

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More than half of community pharmacies face IT outages lasting more than an hour, finds survey

The survey of 250 community pharmacy team members revealed that 56.5% had experienced electronic prescription service or patient medication record systems failing for more than one hour.…

Published: 21 October 2022