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New RPS standards recommend that community pharmacies should ‘proactively manage’ palliative care medicines

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and charity Marie Curie propose the development of multidisciplinary team working, so that pharmacy teams are aware of patients' support needs.…

Published: 3 November 2022

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Anticipatory prescribing practices rapidly changing under COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to innovation in anticipatory prescribing practices within community palliative care, the results of a survey in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care have shown.…

Published: 9 July 2020

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Community pharmacy paediatric palliative care pilot launched in Scotland

A 12-month pilot of a community pharmacy-led palliative care service specifically targeted at children has launched in Scotland.…

Published: 31 January 2020

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Older people with terminal cancer ‘overprescribed’ preventative drugs

Older patients with cancer receiving end-of-life care may be overprescribed preventative medicines, study results have shown.…

Published: 28 March 2019

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Palliative Care Formulary now available on MedicinesComplete

The Palliative Care Formulary is now available on MedicinesComplete, following the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s acquisition of its publisher, PalliativeDrugs.com, in August 2018.…

Published: 15 January 2019

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‘Good palliative care depends on pharmacy expertise’, speaker tells Welsh Medicines Safety Conference

“To avoid unnecessary suffering in children, doctors must have support from expert pharmacist colleagues,” Richard Hain, consultant and lead clinician in paediatric palliative medicine, told the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Welsh Medicines Safety Conference, held in Cardiff on 22 Novembe…

Published: 30 November 2018

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RPS Wales launches palliative care policy at 2018 Medicines Safety Conference

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales launched its palliative and end-of-life care policy at the eighth Wales Medicines Safety Conference.…

Published: 26 November 2018

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A day in the life of a paediatric palliative care pharmacy technician

Lisa Smith details a typical day as a paediatric palliative care pharmacy technician at Children’s Hospices Across Scotland.…

Published: 1 October 2018

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RPS Wales’s evidence on palliative and end-of-life care shared in Welsh Assembly report

Community pharmacists are frequently not made aware if a patient has been placed on a palliative care register, a cross-party group of Welsh MPs has heard.…

Published: 17 July 2018

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Medical cannabis helps manage concurrent cancer-related symptoms

Medical cannabis has been shown to help people living with cancer manage their symptoms, with more than 95% of respondents reporting an improvement.…

Published: 23 April 2018