PJ, December 2016, Vol 297, No 7896

What can pharmacists do to improve the physical health of people with mental illness?

David Branford, member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) English Pharmacy Board, and Dolly Sud, specialist mental health pharmacist Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, explain the importance of the role of pharmacists in improving the physical well-being of patients with severe mental illn…

A browse around the RPS library

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society library first opened its doors in 1841. Here, Julia Robinson delves into the collection’s history and speaks to its current librarians about how it developed in recent years.…

The people behind the biggest pharmacy stories of 2016

In our review of 2016, The Pharmaceutical Journal highlights the people behind the biggest pharmacy stories of the past 12 months. These are men and women who we considered to be the most strongly connected with the news stories that had the biggest impact on our readers.…

Reclassifying emergency hormonal contraception levonorgestrel from a pharmacy to general sale medicine is not the answer

Instead of making levonorgestrel available to purchase in any retail outlet without medical advice, it would be better to improve emergency hormonal contraception consultations, lower the price of the medicine and make it more easily accessible via national patient group directions.…

Highlights of CPD and learning in 2016

Try our clinical quiz, with questions taken from this year’s learning and CPD articles, and check your knowledge of subjects ranging from antimicrobial therapy to bipolar disorder.…

A decade of community pharmacy funding in England

Community pharmacies in England dispense 174 million more prescription items annually than in 2010, a figure that is predicted to rise further. Despite this, total funding for the community pharmacy contract is heading back towards 2010 levels.…

A basic introduction to statistics

Pharmacists and healthcare professionals involved in research and report writing should have an understanding of basic statistical methods that can be applied to study data and used in reporting research results.…

What impact president-elect Donald Trump will have on the US healthcare system

William Seligman takes a look at what might happen to the US healthcare system and pharma under a Trump presidency.…

How your hobbies can boost your career

Steve Hemsley investigates the interesting hobbies of pharmacists and how the skills they gain translate into career skills.…

Tribute to Bernard Gerald Sinclair

Bernard qualified under the old Chemist & Druggist examination, and registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in 1950. His first position was as a manager with Timothy White & Taylor, now defunct. He left there in 1952 and opened his first pharmacy in Ben Johnson Road, which he later …