PJ, 5 September 2015, Vol 295, No 7878

NHS staff will have contractual obligation to declare perks, says Hunt

All NHS staff will have to declare any gift or hospitality from the pharmaceutical industry as part of their employment contract from 2016, in a clampdown on accepting perks announced by health secretary Jeremy Hunt.…

Getting the right medicines at the right price

Organisation and delegation are essential skills in a procurement role.…

Expand pharmacy services to ease out-of-hours burden, profession’s leaders urge

Roles for pharmacists in general practice, NHS 24, out-of-hours services and A&E, say Scottish pharmacy bodies.…

First drug to improve sexual desire in women approved in the United States

Addyi (flibanserin), a drug dubbed the ‘female Viagra’, has been approved for the treatment of acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women by the FDA.…

Community pharmacy bodies ‘concerned’ by RPS contract proposals

RPS urged to “consider the consequences” of proposals to align pharmacy and GP contracts.…

Injectable liraglutide can help obese type 2 diabetics lose weight

A daily injection of liraglutide can help obese or overweight patients with type 2 diabetes lose weight if they also follow a low calorie diet and do more exercise, according to research published in JAMA.…

Finalists of ‘I Love My Pharmacist’ competition announced

The 18 regional finalists in this year’s competition have been announced, as public voting gets under way.…

E-cigarettes are at least 95% safer than smoking tobacco cigarettes, says Public Health England

Public Health England has suggested that pharmacists encourage the use of e-cigarettes as an aid to stop smoking, but the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has concerns because the products are not regulated.…

GPhC publishes exam questions for the first time

Questions from this summer’s professional registration assessment with advice about possible pitfalls and what the examiners are looking for have been released for the first time by the General Pharmaceutical Council’s independent board of assessors.…

UK doctors could be reported for inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

Healthcare professionals should question their colleagues’ prescribing of antimicrobials when they don’t comply with local or national guidelines, according to Mark Baker, director of the clinical centre for practice at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.…