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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

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Palliative medicinal cannabis can reduce pain during cancer treatment, conference hears

A study of more than 1,000 cancer patients given cannabis as a palliative treatment found significant reduction in pain and improved quality of life.…

Published: 10 November 2017

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New guidelines on Parkinson’s disease released by NICE

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), England’s health technology assessment body, has released new clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease in adults aged 18 years and over.…

Published: 19 July 2017

Feature

RPS director for Wales: ‘There’s a collaborative approach to everything in Wales’

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Welsh Pharmacy Board launched its manifesto in November 2015. Mair Davies, director for RPS Wales, talks to Julia Robinson about progress made since the launch, and her objectives for 2017 and beyond.…

Published: 13 March 2017

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End-of-life and orphan drug assessments to be reformed in Scotland

The way that medicines for end-of-life, orphan and ultra-orphan conditions are approved in Scotland is to be reformed, following the publication of the ‘Montgomery review’. The review, chaired by Brian Montgomery, former medical director at NHS Fife, made 28 recommendations f…

Published: 20 December 2016

Opinion

A basic guide to palliative care

Introducing palliative care 5th edition, editors-in-chief Robert Twycross and Andrew Wilcock.…

Published: 21 September 2016

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Patients nearing death subject to unnecessary treatments and procedures

More than a third of older patients who are facing the end of their lives in acute hospitals are given unnecessary drugs, according to new research.…

Published: 1 July 2016

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Pharmacists can improve resident safety in care homes, says RPS Wales

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Wales is calling for the next Welsh government to enable pharmacists to use their expertise to improve care for care home residents in Wales.…

Published: 2 March 2016

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New NICE guidelines will ensure end-of-life care is tailored to patient’s needs

A dying patient’s medicines should be reviewed daily and symptom relief individualised to their needs during the last days of life, according to recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.…

Published: 17 December 2015