News Hospital pharmacists may join new NHS strike on 24 NovemberMembers of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists are likely to be among NHS workers in England due to go on strike again on 24 November 2014.…Published: 5 November 2014
Opinion How does lack of anonymity facilitate shared learning in error reporting? Why Joy Wingfield is concerned about the decision to abolish anonymity for community pharmacies in reporting errors before the decriminalisation of dispensing errors has become a reality.…Published: 3 November 2014
Opinion Pharmacy workforce remains a dilemma Reforms to pharmacy education and training will now proceed without a cap on student numbers, but there may well be unintended consequences.…Published: 30 October 2014
Opinion The production of chemotherapy and total parental nutrition products in a hospital pharmacyAyla Atalar describes her first experience with the production side of hospital pharmacy.…Published: 30 October 2014
News MPs question the value of the NHS Health Check A report from an influential group of MPs suggests that the health check programme represented poor policy and may not achieve its intended aims.…Published: 29 October 2014
News Medicines regulator reviews chloramphenicol packaging after picking errors Regulators are working with community pharmacy organisations to review the packaging of chloramphenicol eye and ear drops.…Published: 28 October 2014
News Embrace opportunities under five-year NHS plan, pharmacists urged Pharmacy organisations have identified opportunities to integrate more with other services and have a real impact on improving patient care within the five-year NHS plan.…Published: 27 October 2014
News National minor ailment scheme could help save NHS £1bn Community pharmacists in England could help save the NHS up to £1bn a year if they were contracted to run a national minor ailments service.…Published: 21 October 2014
News New medicine service guaranteed a place in pharmacy, conference hears The new medicine service is here to stay for the foreseeable future, according to the chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…Published: 21 October 2014
Opinion Mind-expanding exploration at London’s Kew Gardens The Intoxication Season, Mind Altering Plants and Fungi at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, ran from 20 September to 12 October 2014.…Published: 15 October 2014
