Tribute to Winifred Margaret WebsterIt was with regret that I learned of the recent passing of Margaret Webster. I first met her when I moved to Bolton in the 1980s and started getting involved with the very active Bolton and District Branch. She was by then one of the senior figures in the branch having served as chairman in 1977–…
Raymond Sturgess diesOn 23 April 2014, Raymond Sturgess, aged 86, of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. Mr Sturgess registered with the Society in 1949 an d left in 2013.…
Aileen Bush diesAileen Bush MRPharmS, aged 59, of Addlestone, Weybridge. Mrs Bush registered with the Society in 1977.…
Meta-analysis confirms patients treated with digoxin are at increased risk of death Patients taking the heart failure drug digoxin are at an increased risk of death, according to the largest meta-analysis of its kind, published in the European Heart Journal.…
Statins could increase lung cancer survival Data show slight reduction in deaths from lung cancer in statin users, but further research is needed to make a firm conclusion.…
Pharmacists will be used as cheap labour in GP surgeriesI have read recent correspondence relating to pharmacists working in GP surgeries and am unsurprised at the “negativity within our own profession” referred to by Claire Anderson ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:421). Despite the initiative being launched by the Roy…
Researchers propose SSRI dosing strategy to reduce risk of suicide among children A new approach for treating children with depression could reduce an elevated suicide risk linked with the early stage of antidepressant treatment regimens.…
Tribute to Ian CaldwellAs the recently appointed secretary of the City of Glasgow Local Pharmaceutical Committee, I first met Ian Caldwell in 1965. We had arranged to meet ahead of his first meeting in More’s Hotel India Street Glasgow for a briefing. When I arrived, he was there ahead of me characteristically early and…
Pharmacies could play a role in reducing asthma-related deaths Pharmacies in areas with high rates of hospital visits for asthma dispensed fewer preventive medicines compared with reliever drugs, US research has found.…
Economist league table places NHS near bottom for resources; near top for accessThe NHS has a “basic resourcing problem” that must be addressed by the next UK government, warns a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit.…
