PJ, April 2018, Vol 300, No 7912

Huge variation in gluten-free prescribing across England, new research finds

Prescribing of gluten-free products varies substantially across primary care in England, according to a new study published in BMJ Open.…

Health technology: learn, grow or become obsolete

Steve Hemsley reports on the latest advancements in health technology, how they will affect the careers of pharmacy professionals, and why new technologies should be embraced in order to win the race for relevance.…

New legal defence against inadvertent dispensing errors comes into force

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has welcomed the introduction of a UK-wide criminal defence against inadvertent dispensing errors.…

MHRA will lose EMA work before Brexit transition period

The UK will lose its involvement in evaluating medicines for the European Medicines Agency from the date it formally leaves the European Union in March 2019, despite plans for the UK to remain closely tied to the EU during a transition period lasting until the end of 2020.…

Tribute: Paul Nicholls

I am writing on behalf of the Welsh School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, to pay tribute to Professor Paul Nicholls who died on 27 January 2018. Paul served the school for 42 years (1960–2002) and did so much to lay the foundations for its current success. All of…

Tales and take-home lessons from general practice

What’s in a story? Lessons for general practice, by David Orlans, Rodger Charlton & Samuel Finnikin…

Scheme that shaped community pharmacy contract proposals found to benefit patients

A community pharmacy long-term conditions service is improving the quality of life of patients, and providing cost effective solutions for the NHS, research has found.…

EMA to hold public hearing on the safety of quinolone and fluoroquinolone

A public hearing into the safety of quinolone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics is to be held by the European drugs safety watchdog.…

Community pharmacies administer almost 250,000 more flu vaccines

Community pharmacy teams administered at least 240,000 more flu vaccinations during this winter than last.…

How Kayt Blythin established a pharmacist-led medicines optimisation service in East Sussex care homes

Kayt Blythin is a principal clinical pharmacist for medicines optimisation for care homes at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.…