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Yellow Card reporting in East London NHS Foundation Trust

The Yellow Card scheme is a system for reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) from medicines or adverse incidents with medical devices in the UK, ensuring that these products are safe for both healthcare professionals and patients1–3. Reporting these issues helps the MHRA to identify new sa…

Published: 13 June 2025

Letter

Using ‘stay conversations’ to improve retention and staff experience among specialist pharmacists

In the same way as many NHS organisations, University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) has faced sustained workforce challenges, particularly in recruiting and retaining specialist pharmacists at Agenda for Change Band 7. In March 2024, the vacancy rate stood at 56% (37 out of 58 whole-time equivalent […

Published: 6 June 2025

News

Hospital pharmacists awarded 3.6% pay rise

The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists said the pay award does not go far enough in reversing the below-inflation awards seen in previous years.…

Published: 23 May 2025

News

More than 40 Superdrug pharmacies achieve bronze status under RPS greener pharmacies scheme

Exclusive: Since the Greener Pharmacy Toolkit launched in April 2025, 42 Superdrug pharmacies have attained bronze accreditation.…

Published: 23 May 2025

News

Pharmacists cut medication errors and costs on diabetes and endocrinology wards, study results show

The number of reported medication incidents decreased by 100% during the eight-week study period.…

Published: 16 May 2025

Opinion

How prescribing pharmacists can make an impact in the emergency department

A prescribing pharmacist details his experience with bringing medicines expertise to an emergency department resuscitation team.…

Published: 12 May 2025

News

Government commits to introducing pharmacy supervision legislation later in 2025

According to a parliamentary answer from pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock, the government will publish its response to its own consultation over supervision changes “later this year”.…

Published: 8 May 2025

Opinion

Share your experience: tell us about your salary and working conditions

Calling all pharmacists! Please take part in our short survey, which should take no more than ten minutes to complete.…

Published: 1 May 2025

Opinion

PJ view: Strengthen the pharmacy frontline to secure the future of NHS healthcare

This month, The Pharmaceutical Journal is launching a dedicated campaign aiming to champion solutions for the pharmacy workforce crisis.…

Published: 30 April 2025

News

RPS to launch development programme for prescribing pharmacists

For each of the six themes that will be covered as part of the programme, the Society has said that participants will receive “exclusive learning content, including podcasts, blogs and webinars on essential prescribing topics”.…

Published: 30 April 2025