PJ, July 2017, Vol 299, No 7903

Leyla Hannbeck: driving fast, fresh croissants and changing her mind on GDPR

A minute in the company of the National Pharmacy Association’s director of pharmacy.…

RPS Scotland tells Government: ‘digital divide’ and access to records must be addressed

Community pharmacist access to patients’ electronic health records is now an “urgent patient safety concern”, according to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Scotland.…

How to use the new BNF and BNF for Children app

Around 500,000 print copies of the BNF and BNF for Children are distributed to healthcare professionals each year. A new app which combines BNF and BNF for Children content ensures the availability of drug information through a smart device.…

Government should take a common sense approach and abolish prescription charges

It is time for England to follow the lead of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and abolish prescription charges.…

Antidepressants are not a ‘quick fix’ for children and young people with mental health problems

Mental health professionals are becoming increasingly concerned that antidepressants are being used as a sticking plaster as waiting lists for specialist psychological treatments get longer and longer.…

Prescription charges backfire on UK health and wealth

Rather than generating revenue, it appears that charging people with long-term conditions for their medicines results in patients not filling their prescriptions with hidden costs for their health, for the NHS and for the UK economy as a whole.…

Prescription charges backfire on UK health and wealth

Rather than generating revenue, it appears that charging people with long-term conditions for their medicines results in patients not filling their prescriptions with hidden costs for their health, for the NHS and for the UK economy as a whole.…

Ash Soni returns to RPS presidency

Community pharmacist Ash Soni has again been elected as president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).…

Scottish Pharmacy Board meeting: 14 June 2017

The Scottish Pharmacy Board held its third meeting of the year in June 2017, at Holyrood Park House, Edinburgh. Improving the pharmaceutical care of people in care homes, patient consent and how to increase the number of nominations for Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society were the topics…

Bear fat: pharmacy’s first leave-in conditioner

Bear’s grease became a popular hair-restoring pomade during the second half of the 1700s, when the wearing of wigs fell out of fashion.…