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Clearing the COVID-19 patient treatment backlog through advancing efficient and safe delivery of care

Views from fellow pharmacists and nurses about cancer care and treatment.…

Published: 26 October 2021

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Interferon does not improve outcomes in hospitalised patients with COVID-19, study results show

While their trial did not shed any light on the efficacy of interferon beta-1a in patients with early-stage or mild COVID-19, the results suggest it was "unlikely" that it showed efficacy in patients hospitalised with COVID-19.…

Published: 19 October 2021

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Diabetes in hospital: could more specialist pharmacists reduce high error rates?

Error rates for insulin and diabetes medicines among hospital inpatients remain unacceptably high, yet there is a severe lack of specialist diabetes pharmacists across the NHS.…

Published: 14 October 2021

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NHS hits target to cut desflurane use earlier than expected

Minutes from an NHS England and Improvement board meeting reveal that the NHS has been successful in reducing desflurane use, with some trusts having eliminated its use completely.…

Published: 7 October 2021

Letter

We must work together to enable safer prescribing in children

I write a letter in response to The Pharmaceutical Journal article 'GPs must take on more responsibility for paediatric prescribing from hospitals' by Alison Tennant, published on 13 September 2021. The opinion piece sets out to raise questions as to why more paediatric prescribing does not occur in…

Published: 23 September 2021

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Full electronic prescribing within five years, Welsh government pledges

The Welsh government aims to replace paper prescriptions and 'wet' signatures in primary care with electronic prescriptions and signatures in the next three to five years.…

Published: 21 September 2021

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Monoclonal antibody treatment will be available to patients aged over 50 years hospitalised with COVID-19

Ronapreve, a cocktail of casirivimab and imdevimab, works by binding to COVID-19's spike protein, stopping it from infecting the body’s cells.…

Published: 20 September 2021

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Monoclonal antibody treatment service to begin for hospitalised COVID-19 patients in October 2021

Exclusive: Patients in hospital in England with COVID-19, and later in the community, could start receiving neutralising monoclonal antibodies as a treatment for the disease by early October 2021.…

Published: 13 September 2021

Opinion

GPs must take on more responsibility for paediatric prescribing from hospitals

The importance of safe paediatric prescribing must not be overlooked as healthcare systems evolve.…

Published: 13 September 2021

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Pharmacists working in hospitals and general practice may face mandatory COVID-19 vaccination

The government has opened a consultation on making COVID-19 and flu vaccinations compulsory for frontline staff in general practice and hospitals, unless they are medically exempt.…

Published: 9 September 2021