PJ, August 2019, Vol 303, No 7928

A day in the life of a pharmacist working in aesthetics

Gemma Fromage explains why she decided to become a prescribing pharmacist and aesthetic practitioner, as well as what her role entails.…

The new NHS Patient Safety Strategy has a big hole in it

In August 2018, I expressed my concern in Clinical Pharmacist that the NHS, described as ‘an organisation with a memory’, was losing its patient safety memory and not addressing many important risks effectively[1] . Other reports from the Care Quality Commission[2] …

Government tenders £25m contract for ‘express freight service’ to transport urgent medicines after Brexit

The Department of Health and Social Care is looking for bids on a contract to set up an “express freight service” ahead of the UK leaving the EU at the end of October 2019.…

Drug manufacturer offers to pay NHS £8m to resolve CMA allegations of anti-competitive behaviour

A drug manufacturer has offered to pay the NHS £8m to resolve concerns around allegations of anti-competitive behaviour over the supply of a prescription drug.…

Government appoints Jo Churchill as new pharmacy minister

Jo Churchill has been appointed as the new parliamentary under-secretary of state for prevention, public health and primary care at the Department of Health and Social Care.…

Pharmacists must embrace pharmacogenetic services before other professions beat them to it

Multidisciplinary genetic testing services will help patients receive more targeted medicines, and pharmacists are the obvious healthcare professional to lead them.…

Case-based learning: cough

Most coughs are acute and self-limiting; however, it is important to understand when a cough becomes clinically significant.…

Deaths: Roger Frost

On 22 July 2019, Roger Frost MRPharmS, aged 81 years, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Mr Frost registered with the Society in 1962. …

Deaths: Stuart Ramsay Maconochie

On 20 July 2019, Stuart Ramsay Maconochie FRPharmS, aged 79 years, of Maidenhead. Mr Maconochie registered with the Society in 1964, and was conferred as Fellow in 1987.  A memorial service will be held at 15:30 on 21 August in St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL, wi…

Community pharmacy: the revolution has begun

The proposals put forward in the new community pharmacy contract require a major transition if the sector is going to reap the rewards. …