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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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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