PJ August 2020, Vol 305, No 7940

One in four pharmacists would retrain as doctors, survey by The Pharmaceutical Journal finds

Just under a quarter of pharmacists have said they would retrain as doctors, if government proposals to introduce fast-track retraining — as a result of the UK leaving the EU — are introduced.…

Government to train 50 mental health community pharmacists as part of NHS workforce plan for 2020/2021

Health Education England (HEE) has committed to training 50 community-based specialist mental health pharmacists as part of the NHS’s workforce plan for 2020/2021.…

Elsy Gomez Campos: ‘There are too many excuses justifying the unjustifiable’

The president of the UK Black Pharmacists Association speaks about the discrimination her members face every day and how pharmacy can tackle it.…

Scottish health board says it has become first region in the world to ‘effectively eliminate’ hepatitis C

A Scottish health board has claimed to be the first region in the world to effectively eliminate hepatitis C.…

Anaphylaxis: symptoms, causes and diagnosis

Anaphylaxis normally develops suddenly and can be fatal if not correctly identified and managed.…

Anaphylaxis: management

Anaphylaxis is potentially life-threatening; therefore, pharmacists must be able to immediately recognise symptoms and know how to treat patients.…

Nearly a third of people more likely to visit their pharmacy first following COVID-19 pandemic

Nearly one in three people are more likely to visit a pharmacy for advice before seeking help elsewhere than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey has found.…

ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine induces immune response and is safe in humans, early trial data suggests

The University of Oxford’s ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine induces a strong immune response with no serious adverse reactions, preliminary findings of a phase I/II trial published in The Lancet have suggested.…

RPS annual general meeting 2020

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society 2020 annual general meeting was held on 24 June 2020 on Zoom, with around 130 delegates in remote attendance.…

How we faced our shocking plastic culture and eradicated our most commonly used single-use items in pharmacy

Pharmacy technician Sam Coombes challenged his trust’s toxic relationship with disposable plastic when he discovered pharmacy had used more than 500,000 plastic items in just three years.…