Opinion Pharmacy teams are essential to driving responsive palliative care Researchers from Marie Curie are calling for greater integration between pharmacy and palliative care teams to improve care quality, proposing a toolkit to bridge the gap between theory and practice.…Published: 26 February 2025
Opinion How we are helping to address the DPP shortage Pharmacist Ruhina Kassam explains why she set up DPP Connect to match trainee independent prescribers with designated prescribing practitioners, and how her business could help the NHS in the future.…Published: 24 February 2025
Feature Disagreement and conflict in teams This episode of The PJ Pod explores common causes of conflict in the pharmacy workplace and outlines how staff members and managers can avoid or resolve conflict scenarios.…Published: 20 February 2025
Opinion How an MPharm placement in social care is preparing students for real-world roles Pharmacist educators in Manchester explain the value brought to students by a residential nursing home placement within the MPharm programme.…Published: 20 February 2025
News More than half of pharmacy staff struggle with mental health over medicines shortages, reveals survey Respondents to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Workforce Wellbeing Survey also cited inadequate staffing, lack of work–life balance and increased financial pressures as factors that negatively impact their mental health.…Published: 18 February 2025
News Campaign to give NHS pharmacists mandated protected learning time launched by the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists The campaign is calling for pharmacists working in the NHS to have a minimum of 10% of their contracted hours protected for supporting professional activities.…Published: 12 February 2025
News Inhaler return to pharmacies part of updated NHS ‘Green plan guidance’ The updated guidance encourages trusts and other NHS organisations to renew their sustainability plans for the next three-year cycle in order to help achieve NHS net zero carbon emissions.…Published: 5 February 2025
News NICE approves gene-editing sickle cell therapy for NHS in England Exagamglogene autotemcel, also known as exa-cel, is now recommended for NHS use, reversing previous draft guidance.…Published: 4 February 2025
Opinion PJ view: Palliative care must not be forgotten if assisted dying legislation progresses It is imperative that policymakers strike a careful balance between assisted dying and palliative care to provide patients with the best possible support.…Published: 31 January 2025
News ‘Confusing blur’ between genuine medicines shortages and procurement issues, says wholesalers trade body Speaking at the Healthcare Distribution Association annual conference, executive director Martin Sawer explained that medicines shortages were not always a result of “genuine pharmaceutical unavailability” but could be caused by incentives in medicines procurement.…Published: 29 January 2025
