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Half of hospital trusts require staff to have training on time-critical medication, charity finds

Parkinson's UK, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and other healthcare bodies have called on the government to ensure NHS trusts have policies in place to enable patients to receive their medicines on time.…

Published: 22 September 2023

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Welsh government backs RPS Wales plan to transform hospital pharmacy

The Welsh government has accepted all 36 recommendations made by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales in a review of hospital pharmacy in the country.…

Published: 21 September 2023

Letter

Improving safety of warfarin prescribing and administration using clinical decision support

There are several benefits of electronic prescribing and medication administration (EPMA) systems, including the ability to support the reduction in medication omission errors[1,2]. Researchers suggest that medication administration errors account for ju…

Published: 20 September 2023

Feature

Charting the course to advancing pharmacist prescribing

Attendees at a roundtable hosted by The Pharmaceutical Journal emphasised the need for robust training and support for newly qualified independent prescribers to ensure that individuals use their qualification.…

Published: 7 September 2023

Opinion

Our journey to digitally transform the discharge medicines review service

Efi Mantzourani shares how she and her team across Wales overhauled a paper-based discharge medicine review service in favour of a digital offering used by nearly every pharmacy in the country.…

Published: 4 September 2023

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‘World first’ anticancer jab to reduce treatment times by 75%, says NHS England

NHS England has announced that it will offer atezolizumab via subcutaneous injection, bringing treatment times down from 30 minutes to as little as 7 minutes.…

Published: 29 August 2023

Opinion

Tase Oputu: ‘We want pharmacy to be a really attractive profession’

The Pharmaceutical Journal talks to Tase Oputu, the newly elected chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s England Pharmacy Board, about her decision to stand in the board elections, her priorities for the role and her focus on inclusion and diversity.…

Published: 21 August 2023

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Pharmacists to benefit from annual £30m research funding package

The funding is being made available to a range of healthcare professionals to increase access to research opportunities.…

Published: 18 August 2023

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NHS saved £78m on ‘low priority’ medicines in 2022/2023

NHS England had previously said a change in prescribing guidance could save ‘up to £141m’ annually.…

Published: 4 August 2023

Feature

Are wearable devices the future of precise antibiotic dosing?

Teams around the world are using technology developed for diabetes to deliver personalised doses of antibiotic in order to improve efficacy, as well as reduce adverse effects and antimicrobial resistance.…

Published: 3 August 2023