Coroner’s report recommends tightening regulation around forms of codeine and morphine A report calls for opioids that are prescription-only medicines to be regulated as schedule 3 drugs, to make them harder to access inappropriately.…
Uncontrolled asthma: assessment and management How to assess patients presenting with uncontrolled asthma symptoms, including considerations for ‘stepping up’ pharmacological treatment.…
Candidates for the 2021 elections to the national pharmacy boardsThe following nominations have been received for the forthcoming Royal Pharmaceutical Society national pharmacy board elections. Where elections are to be held, ballot papers are due to be distributed on or around 29 April 2021, with voting closing at 17:00 on 13 May 2021. The results will be …
Antidepressants and non-drug therapy should be considered for treatment of chronic primary pain, says NICE The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline says antidepressants may help with quality of life, pain, sleep and psychological distress, even in the absence of depression.…
RPS president Sandra Gidley to stand down after current term The president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Sandra Gidley, will not seek re-election in the 2021 elections.…
Health boards commission nearly 20 pharmacies to provide COVID-19 vaccinations Exclusive: The expansion of the COVID-19 vaccination service means that 2.4% of all 715 pharmacies in Wales are now providing the service.…
Community pharmacists’ experiences of workplace pressure: the impact of COVID-19Workplace pressure can be useful to keep individuals alert at work; however, excess pressure leads to stress and is detrimental to health[1,2]. Prolonged pressure can lead to burnout and increased errors. Community pharmacy has historically been a stressful working environment owing to the…
PPE posed a serious problem to our dispensing system, but we came out stronger Catherine Pollard, pharmacist team leader in unscheduled care at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Wales, describes how her team overcame a critical problem posed by PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Shortages of alternatives to ranitidine could be putting patients at risk Pharmacists have reported supply issues with the recommended alternatives to ranitidine, which has been suspended owing to the presence of the contaminant N-Nitrosodimethylamine.…
Peter Gerald Homan (1938–2021)On 22 March 2021, Peter Gerald Homan FRPharmS, aged 82 years, of Epsom, Surrey. Mr Homan registered with the Society in 1962, and was a long-standing volunteer at the RPS Museum.…
