Pharmacists take legal action against LloydsPharmacy over redundancy payments Pharmacists who worked in branches of Sainsbury’s have brought a claim against LloydsPharmacy regarding enhanced redundancy payments they believe they should have received.…
Lest we forget lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic The pick of the month’s academic papers from Parastou Donyai, chief scientist at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.…
Summer registration assessment pass rate is 77%, GPhC figures show The pass rate for the June 2023 sitting of the registration assessment is a slight fall on that of the previous year.…
MHRA issues drug safety warning on hyoscine bromide patches The regulator told The Pharmaceutical Journal that there had been seven yellow card reports of anticholinergic syndrome as a side effect of hyoscine hydrobromide patches.…
Spotlight: the story behind the ADHD prescribing surge In this episode of The PJ Pod, we investigate how increased prescribing for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is affecting NHS services.…
MPharm students to be able to dispense medicines on undergraduate clinical placements The University of Bath has produced a list of 47 entrustable professional activities that MPharm students can undertake during supervised clinical placements.…
MPs back expansion of routine vaccination delivery by pharmacists The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has called for urgent action to tackle declining vaccination rates among children.…
Robert Woodward (1937–2023)On 21 July 2023, Robert Woodward MPharmS, aged 85 years, of Liss, Hampshire. Mr Woodward registered with the Society in 1961.…
Special report: charting the rise in ADHD prescribing Despite a rise in people receiving treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in England, particularly adults, data show the condition continues to be significantly underdiagnosed.…
Government proposals to consider medicines reclassification should include moves to general sales list, says trade body The PAGB has said the current process of reclassification could be “streamlined” and “we need to act now” to ensure people have greater access to the medicines they need.…
