New drug for diabetic kidney disease has promising results In an international study, finerenone was effective at reducing protein in the urine without the rate of side effects of other drugs in the class.…
Cuts to public health funding risk hampering growth of pharmacy-led healthy living schemes, warns RPS Leaders warn that the government’s proposed reduction in funding may prevent wider access to public health services through community pharmacies.…
Faculty process is too complexThe Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has got revalidation and its Faculty raison d’etre wrong. Firstly, revalidation will not demand the level of scrutiny by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) that the RPS Faculty sets. There are three rather tortuous levels to be achieved by the…
Childhood fever: assessment in primary care Identifying the cause of fever in children is challenging, with its management directed by level of risk.…
NHS England cuts treatments from Cancer Drugs Fund After a second assessment of the Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS England has further reduced the list by 17 drugs for 23 different indications.…
Pregnant women urged to get whooping cough vaccine Public Health England is encouraging pregnant women to get immunised against whooping cough, an acute respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, to protect themselves and their babies.…
RPS board chair appointed Wales director Mair Davies steps down from Welsh board to take on role within RPS executive.…
Christine Buchanan van Doorn diesOn 26 August 2015, Christine Buchanan van Doorn MRPharmS, aged 80, of Ceres, Fife. Mrs van Doorn registered with the Society in 1958.…
William James Moore diesOn 28 August 2015, William James Moore, known as Jim, aged 80, of Lyminge, Kent. Mr Moore registered with the Society in 1963 and left in 2004. …
Peter Digby Evans diesOn 1 September 2015, Peter Digby Evans MRPharmS, aged 73, of Frodsham, Cheshire. Mr Evans registered with the Society in 1965.…
