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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.…

New tool developed to support decision-making on multicompartment compliance aids

Researchers have developed a decision tool to ensure that multi-compartment compliance aids are given only those patients who will benefit from them.…

Community pharmacy contract funding frozen at £2.59bn for next five years

Community pharmacies in England are set to receive £13bn over the next five years under the latest national contract, with a planned spend of £2.59bn each year.…

Pharmacists must work with others to roll back polypharmacy culture

The new English Desprescribing Network will bring together healthcare professionals and researchers to stamp out medicine-related harm.…

Lelly Oboh to represent RPS in government overprescribing review

Lelly Oboh will represent the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in a government review of overprescribing in the NHS.…

Two pharmacists to lead deprescribing network across England

A deprescribing network led by two pharmacists will be launched in June 2019 to help address the issue of inappropriate polypharmacy across England and make deprescribing a “normal thing to do”.…