PJ, 20 June 2015, Vol 294, No 7867

Warts and verrucas: assessment and treatment

Lesions caused by human papilloma virus often do not require treatment, but need to be assessed to rule out more serious conditions.…

Boots announces 700 job losses

UK pharmacy chain Boots has announced 700 job losses as part of a restructuring and cost reduction programme following the merger between Alliance Boots and the US pharmacy chain Walgreens.…

Lack of medicines in Ukraine a ‘major problem’, says UN

Millions of people displaced or severely affected by the conflict in Ukraine are in dire need of basic healthcare, with the lack of medicines and vaccines a major concern, a new United Nations report has warned.…

Making funding decisions in primary care

Rajiv Dhir is senior prescribing adviser for the Wandsworth Clinical Commissioning Group in London. He explains why working in primary care allows him to be both a practitioner and a manager.…

Personalised medicines — creating ‘polypills’ in the local pharmacy

Patients require different combinations of drugs at different doses. Gino Martini explains how ‘polypills’ may enable patients to take one tablet containing the medicines and doses appropriate for them.…