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Top ten learning and CPD articles of 2020

Every year, we strive to provide pharmacists with high-quality learning and CPD resources, and in 2020 this work was more crucial than ever.…

Top ten opinion pieces of 2020

Our news and views team has worked hard to keep you in the loop during a year full of twists and turns. And there’s been no shortage of COVID-19 developments for our opinion leaders to analyse, or pharmacy predictions to ponder.…

Top five infographics of 2020

I’m sure it will come as no surprise that The Pharmaceutical Journal’s most-read infographics this year take a look at COVID-19.…

Pharmacy needs to do much better on valproate

Even after licensing changes, pregnant women are still being prescribed sodium valproate, meaning that foetuses are being needlessly exposed to the risks of birth defects and developmental damage. Community pharmacy needs to take the lead in preventing this.…

A third of pharmacists report COVID-19 significantly impacted their mental health and wellbeing

Just under a third (31%) of pharmacists said that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their mental health and wellbeing to a significant extent, according to a survey by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and charity Pharmacist Support.…

Bipolar drug manufacturer proposes continuing supply of Priadel for five years under newly agreed prices

The Competition and Markets Authority is consulting on proposals from Essential Pharma, the manufacturer of Priadel, to maintain supply of the bipolar disorder medicine to the UK for five years.…

NICE reverses advice on exercise therapy for treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome in draft guidance

Graded exercise therapy should not be offered for the treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome, according to draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.…

Harpreet Chana: ‘Pharmacists put the needs of everyone before ourselves’

The founder of the Mental Wealth Academy speaks about why the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in mental health issues and how pharmacists can support each other and their patients.…

RPS Scotland policy sets out how pharmacists can support people with mental health conditions

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland’s has published a policy on how pharmacists can improve care of people with mental health conditions.…

We must learn the lessons from Priadel

The discontinuation of Priadel shows we need a tougher regulatory environment to prevent firms making commercial decisions that put vulnerable patients at risk.…