Opinion Clinical placements can give pharmacy students a real-life lesson in health inequalities Teaching staff at the University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy say their practical placement pilot for second-year MPharm students should be adopted more widely to promote a reduction in health inequalities.…Published: 16 August 2023
Opinion Pharmacy is failing patients with language barriers — we must do better A vast improvement in language barrier services is needed to help the NHS evolve and meet the needs of the country's diverse population.…Published: 17 July 2023
Opinion Pharmacy can narrow health inequalities — here’s how Two advanced specialist community pharmacists share how they have engaged with patients in an area of high deprivation.…Published: 5 June 2023
News Number of ‘not dispensed’ prescriptions rises by a fifth in one year, NHS data reveal Exclusive: An analysis by The Pharmaceutical Journal has revealed an 18% increase in the number of items marked as 'not dispensed' in the past year.…Published: 25 May 2023
Feature ‘Outdated, illogical and unfair’: the true cost of prescription charges As increasing numbers of prescription medicines are not dispensed to the patients who need them, pharmacists warn that charging patients for prescriptions during the cost of living crisis could reverse efforts to close health inequalities.…Published: 25 May 2023
Opinion Undergraduate pharmacy education must become more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people There is a severe lack of teaching around LGBTQIA+ issues in pharmacy education and, where it is present, it reinforces marginalisation — the profession must take steps to improve.…Published: 29 March 2023
News National pharmacy board meeting: 8 February 2023 The English, Scottish and Welsh national pharmacy boards met for their first meeting of 2023 to discuss their individual and collective plans for the year ahead.…Published: 27 February 2023
Opinion PJ view: Let’s showcase how pharmacy can narrow health inequalities The Pharmaceutical Journal is calling for examples from any pharmacy sector of projects that aim to tackle health inequalities.…Published: 30 January 2023
Feature Building bridges: pharmacists reaching out to help their communities In this episode of The PJ Pod, two pharmacists tell us how their outreach work is helping to support people's health needs.…Published: 27 January 2023
Feature ‘Catastrophic implications’: the pharmacy closures widening health inequalities Community pharmacy is peerless in the supply of better healthcare in more deprived communities, but this vital role is under serious threat.…Published: 26 January 2023
