Faculty will expand assessment to pharmacists with at least two years’ experience At the moment, pharmacists need to have a minimum of ten years of experience to be eligible for accreditation.…
Delay for consultation on oversupply of pharmacists Speaking at the RPS conference, Mike Hannay said the delay in the second round of the consultation means no solution will be implemented in the foreseeable future.…
Efforts to counter climate change-related health risks need to be put centre stage, says WHO President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim calls for action on climate change, saying most serious impacts will be on public health.…
Self-management effective for people with hypertension A new study shows that people who manage their own hypertension appear to have better control of the condition.…
Mixed results for heavy metal emissions from e-cigarettes Emission of two toxic heavy metals – chromium and nickel – is significantly higher with e-cigarettes than with normal cigarettes, research shows.…
Novel heart failure therapy shows “overwhelming benefit”, trial shows A novel treatment for heart failure could save the lives of 20% more patients than the current gold-standard therapy.…
Complaints about NHS community health services fall, compared with an overall rise of 5%Official written complaints about community health services — including pharmacy — decreased by 8% between 2012/2013 and 2013/2014.…
Ten-year study by Takeda calls into question pioglitazone’s link with bladder cancer Use of the diabetes drug pioglitazone is not associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer, the drug’s manufacturer Takeda has claimed.…
.pharmacy web address to go live in early 2015 Applications to use the generic top-level internet domain “.pharmacy” will open by the end of 2014 in the United States.…
Prescription charge overhaul would raise £1bn a year for NHS, says think tank A leading think tank is advising the government to review prescription charges in England to raise an additional £1bn a year to help fund NHS and social care in the future.…