News Call for national scheme for pharmacies to supply emergency medicines A national service that reimburses pharmacists for providing emergency supplies of prescription medicines would boost patient care, research suggests.…Published: 27 July 2015
News Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…Published: 24 July 2015
News Hospital e-referral initiative boosts post-discharge MURs in community pharmacies Project highlighted in RPS guide refers patients for medicines reviews to reduce readmission risk.…Published: 21 July 2015
News NHS England launches £15m pilot to employ pharmacists in GP practices GP practices in England will employ around 300 pharmacists to provide clinical care in a £15m pilot, NHS England has announced.…Published: 7 July 2015
News Pharmaceutical Care Award winners 2015 discuss their primary care projectThe winners of the Pharmaceutical Care Award 2015 discuss their primary care project.…Published: 1 July 2015
News Pharmaceutical Care Awards 2015 audience choice winnersThe audience choice winners explain why their Pharmaceutical Care Awards project should be replicated.…Published: 1 July 2015
News Medicines management project wins Pharmaceutical Care Award 2015 Winning entry demonstrated the benefit of pharmacist input to GPs’ medicines reviews for older people.…Published: 22 June 2015
News Pharmacist support ‘helps GPs reduce polypharmacy burden’ Medicines reviews performed by pharmacists in general practice help to reduce polypharmacy burden by 20%.…Published: 22 June 2015
News ‘Imperative’ hospital pharmacists are given dispensing error defence soon Society restates concern over lack of defence for hospital pharmacists in official response to government consultation.…Published: 22 May 2015
Opinion Personalised medicines — creating ‘polypills’ in the local pharmacy Patients require different combinations of drugs at different doses. Gino Martini explains how ‘polypills’ may enable patients to take one tablet containing the medicines and doses appropriate for them.…Published: 28 April 2015