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Pharmacists to improve provision of palliative care medicines under proposed five-year strategy

The Scottish government has set out plans to provide better access to high-quality palliative care by 2030, as well as the provision of clear medicines information for patients and their families.…

Published: 11 October 2024

Opinion

Call for papers: palliative and end-of-life care

The Pharmaceutical Journal would like to invite UK pharmacy professionals to let us know what they are doing in their local area to improve access to palliative and end-of-life care.…

Published: 9 September 2024

News

Pharmacists should have right to choose whether to be involved in assisted dying, says RPS

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland wants to ensure that pharmacists are not compelled to support the assisted dying process if they have moral, ethical or religious objections to it.…

Published: 30 August 2024

Opinion

PJ view: Restore pharmacy opening hours to improve end-of-life care

With a fifth of pharmacies in England reducing opening hours to save their business, people nearing the end of their lives have been added to a growing list of patient groups bearing the brunt of pharmacy underfunding.…

Published: 15 March 2024

Opinion

Controlled drug stock licensing is working against high-quality palliative care for care home patients

All care homes should be permitted to hold a stock of palliative care medicines, ensuring swift availability to in-need patients at the end of their lives.…

Published: 8 November 2023

Opinion

How palliative care pharmacists in community practice are improving access to medicines

Tarun Nayyar’s work as a pharmacist at Birmingham Hospice is enabling faster access to specialist medicines for palliative care patients at home.…

Published: 11 September 2023

Opinion

Elen Jones: ‘We need to instil passion in those coming into pharmacy’

The Pharmaceutical Journal talks to Elen Jones, director for Wales at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, about her priorities, including her vision for pharmacy and focus on sustainability.…

Published: 10 July 2023

Feature

End-of-life drugs at home: closing the care gap

Evidence shows complex medicines systems are resulting in delays to patients receiving vital end-of-life care. This episode of The PJ Pod explores potential solutions to this problem.…

Published: 15 June 2023

News

Community pharmacies should publicise availability of ‘critical’ palliative medicines, RPS standards recommend

The end-of-life standards suggest that groups of pharmacies should find a way to share information on local or national medicines supply chain problems.…

Published: 22 May 2023

Opinion

Person-centred structured medication reviews: the care home perspective

Primary care pharmacist Rachel Lewis shares her research into achieving person-centred care when reviewing care home residents' medication.…

Published: 15 May 2023