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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.…

Published: 22 July 2019

Opinion

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.…

Published: 9 July 2019

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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.…

Published: 7 June 2019

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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”.…

Published: 23 May 2019

Opinion

Changing perceptions: how Canada’s deprescribing network is tackling polypharmacy

As England prepares to launch its own deprescribing network, the director of a similar scheme in Canada explains what they have done over the past four years.…

Published: 16 May 2019

Opinion

How to develop a doctor–pharmacist consensus on escalating medicine-related problems in hospitalised older adults

Pharmacists may be unsure how to, or who should, take action to address inappropriate polypharmacy in the hospital setting, but agreeing guidance with doctors can speed up care.…

Published: 29 March 2019

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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

Infographic

Joint pain: pathology and treatment

An overview of joint pain for community pharmacy teams.…

Published: 20 March 2019

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Opinion

Ensuring value-based outcomes through medicines optimisation

Shazia Karsan describes the value pharmacists bring to integrated community networks in Croydon.…

Published: 14 March 2019

Opinion

Back to the drawing board: why pharmacists should embrace creativity in patient interactions

When almost half of patients are unable to understand health information, pharmacists should employ a creative and humanistic approach to discussing medicines with patients, says mental health pharmacist Nana Tomova.…

Published: 13 March 2019