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It’s time for comprehensive polypharmacy reviews for older people with cancer

The number of older people with cancer is growing and so is their risk of harmful polypharmacy — care for this expanding group of patients must improve.…

Failing the frailest

A new analysis suggests that thousands of vulnerable older people could be at risk because their medicines have not been reviewed by their GP.…

Pharmacists could be expected to conduct millions of medication reviews, under NHS England plans

Pharmacists working in primary care networks will be expected to play a vital role in reviewing the medication of millions of patients with long-term conditions, under radical proposals to improve the care provided in the community published by NHS England.…

Everything you need to know about the NHS genomic medicine service

A closer look at the progress made so far on NHS England’s new national genomic medicine service.…

Top five most popular research articles of 2019

This year, our peer-reviewed research papers received more than 400,000 unique page views.…

Liberal Democrats support write access to medical records for pharmacists

The Liberal Democrats have said their policy is to give pharmacists write access to patient’s medical records in advance of the general election, on 12 December 2019.…

Getting to grips with the polypharmacy challenge

Over the next two months, The Pharmaceutical Journal will publish the results of its call for papers on medicines optimisation.…

A day in the life of a community-based pharmacist supporting older patients at home

Former hospital pharmacist Ana Armstrong would often find herself worrying about her older patients after discharge; so she decided to move sectors and help bridge care between hospital and home.…

Use of multicompartment compliance aids in the community is ‘excessive’, says NHS Wales

The use of multicompartment compliance aids in the community is “excessive” and an “ingrained area of practice” that needs to be challenged, guidance from NHS Wales is expected to warn. …

Pharmacists must embrace pharmacogenetic services before other professions beat them to it

Multidisciplinary genetic testing services will help patients receive more targeted medicines, and pharmacists are the obvious healthcare professional to lead them.…