PJ, August 2018, Vol 301, No 7916

Pharmacy involvement in care of hypertensive patients could reduce GP workload, study finds

Over 95% of patients with hypertension could be followed up by pharmacists without the need for them to be referred to their GP, according to results from a cross-sectional study of patients with hypertension presenting to community pharmacy.…

Brexit could lead to a significant shortage of pharmacists, says CCA

Brexit could lead to a major nationwide shortage of pharmacists available for work, the chief executive of the organisation that represents multiple high street and supermarket pharmacies has warned.…

Regulator to rewrite standards in drive to tackle inequalities for preregistration candidates

The pharmacy regulator has promised a rewrite of its standards to ensure “equality of opportunity” for all preregistration pharmacists, following data showing large differentials in pass rates for various groups and reports of “overt racism” during training.…

Economic evidence supports enhanced services in community pharmacy

In March 2018, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published its guideline NG94: ‘Emergency and acute medical care in over 16s: service delivery and organisation’. In this guideline, two chapters focused on pharmacy’s contribution to the delivery of emergen…

Learning from Gosport: why prescription checks by pharmacists on the ward are essential

The Gosport Independent Panel into patient deaths from opiate overdose concluded that: Opiates were used without appropriate indication; Opiates were started at inappropriately high doses; Opiates were combined with other drugs in high doses[1] . ‘Find…

RPS announces two awards for women in pharmacy

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has created two prizes for women in pharmacy and pharmaceutical science. The news was announced at ‘Women in Leadership: Survive and Thrive’, a seminar held at the Society’s London headquarters on 27 June 2018. The prizes will be awarded…