PJ, March 2021, Vol 306, No 7947

Primary biliary cholangitis: diagnosis and management

Primarily affecting women, primary biliary cholangitis is a progressive condition that can result in end-stage liver disease.…

Administering medicines safely to children at home: learning from families

Common problems when administering medicines at home are highlighted in three paediatric case studies. Potential solutions and best practice are presented alongside insights from parents to highlight this often-overlooked area of medicines use.…

Preventing the next pandemic: the search for a universal flu vaccine

With each new strain of the influenza virus — like the bird flu identified in Russia in 2021 — comes the potential risk of a pandemic. Now, amid the global COVID-19 crisis, a vaccine that can protect against multiple flu strains has never been more important.…

How we used digital technology to improve the pharmacy clinical service and medicines management at our hospital

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence states that "medicines-related patient safety incidents are more likely when medicines reconciliation (MR) happens more than 24  hours after a person is admitted to an acute setting"​[1]​. The earlier that MR is completed within the inpatie…

The COVID-19 vaccine programme is a sprint, but pharmacists must lead the marathon

Coronavirus vaccines are here to stay, but vaccine sites are only temporary — given the pressures the system are under, community pharmacy should lead this vaccination programme in the future.…

Opening of pharmacy-led COVID-19 vaccination sites delayed by vaccine supply issues

NHS England said that most of the next two waves of pharmacy-run vaccination sites will start work in late April or early May 2021.…

RPS Scotland consults on Pharmacy 2030: a vision for community pharmacy over the next decade

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has published a vision for what it hopes community pharmacy will look like at the end of the decade.…

Patricia Anne Lister (1948–2021)

On 19 March 2021, Patricia Anne Lister MRPharmS, aged 72 years, of Cardiff. Miss Lister registered with the Society in 1970.…

Knowing how to read research papers makes us better pharmacists, so I started a journal club

When she noticed that colleagues were uncomfortable with research papers, meaning they were locked out of clinical conversations, community pharmacist Iqra Sarwar took action.…

Primary care visits for asthma attacks fell during first lockdown

GP visits for asthma attacks fell substantially across most regions of England after the first COVID-19 lockdown was imposed in March 2020, a study has found.…