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Lessons from testing 2,300 patients at the UK’s first CYP2C19 genotyping system 

Specialist clinical pharmacist Alex Matos explains what his team has learned in the two years since setting up the NHS Tayside project to genotype acute stroke patients with an indication for clopidogrel.…

Published: 19 August 2024

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Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to be able to supply naloxone without a prescription

The expanded access to take-home naloxone follows two government consultations carried out in 2021 and 2024, respectively.…

Published: 14 May 2024

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Around 45% of hospital emergency departments have a clinical pharmacy service, MPs told

Giving evidence to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee pharmacy inquiry, David Webb, chief pharmaceutical officer for England, said the figure was a "significant step" towards all hospital emergency departments having a dedicated pharmacist.…

Published: 26 March 2024

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Ability to supply naloxone should be expanded to non-registered members of pharmacy team, says negotiator

Community Pharmacy England has said that amended legislation should go further than extending the ability to supply naloxone without a prescription to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.…

Published: 26 March 2024

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How the London Ambulance Service is working to transform medicines management

A pharmacist-led medicines modernisation programme has transformed the way drugs are stored, tracked and accessed by clinicians at London Ambulance Service.…

Published: 13 March 2024

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UK regulator recommends new safety measures for medicines containing pseudoephedrine

Safety information for all medicines containing pseudoephedrine will be updated to make clear the risk of rare, but serious, side effects.…

Published: 21 February 2024

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All emergency departments must have dedicated pharmacist, royal college and UKCPA say

The joint statement also says that there should be one whole-time equivalent pharmacist for every ten resuscitation beds in an emergency department.…

Published: 21 December 2023

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Community pharmacies’ full potential is trapped in an iron cage of bureaucracy

A community pharmacy mental health service piloted in Lincolnshire is funded on a flat fee, which the authors argue creates a service model that allows them to offer care regardless of the number of patients they see.…

Published: 13 December 2023

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Welsh government backs RPS Wales plan to transform hospital pharmacy

The Welsh government has accepted all 36 recommendations made by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales in a review of hospital pharmacy in the country.…

Published: 21 September 2023

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Every community pharmacy in Scotland to stock emergency supplies of naloxone from October 2023

The naloxone emergency supply service will be added to the community pharmacy public health service in Scotland from 30 October 2023.…

Published: 13 September 2023