PJ, 6/13 December 2014, Vol 293, No 7839/40

Patients in England could access their own GP records by March 2015

All patients in England will be able to access their own GP records by March 2015 and their entire healthcare records by 2017, under plans contained in a report by the National Information Board.…

Without access to medical records, MURs cannot be conducted properly

A medicines use review (MUR) can only be done properly if the pharmacist has access to the medical records of the patient. I believe this is only possible if the MUR is conducted in a doctor’s surgery. I spent three months working in a large medical practice where I had access to the patient&r…

Googling the bloodstream: how disease might be detected with ingested nanoparticles

Google is developing technology that combines ingested disease-detecting nanoparticles with a wrist sensor.…

We must be there for those who are victims of abuse

The legacy of abuse can stay with victims for life, writes Chris Chapman, who heard escaped Westboro Baptist Church member Nate Phelps speak last week.…

The afflictions of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Famous as a post-impressionist artist, unfortunate Toulouse-Lautrec was afflicted with pycnodysostosis. David Walsh explains…

Antimicrobial resistance summit

6 November 2014: the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) hosted a summit on antimicrobial resistance, attended by GPs, hospital doctors, nurses and pharmacists. The summit called for binding national targets to “roll back” antibiotic prescribing to 2010 levels, to halt the relentless…