PJ December 2020, Vol 305, No 7944

Reducing risk and managing dispensing errors

Pharmacy teams should understand how to minimise the risk and likelihood of dispensing errors, including methods that can be used to evaluate existing processes, as well as how to deal with errors if they happen.…

Test yourself: the 2020 CPD and learning quiz

Take our quiz, with questions based on some of 2020’s best loved CPD and learning articles, and test your knowledge on a range of subjects from gene therapy to respiratory tract diseases.…

Delayed preregistration exam must be sat in person, pharmacy regulator says

Candidates sitting the delayed summer 2020 preregistration assessment will have to travel to an examination centre to sit the papers in person.…

Inhaled corticosteroid added to COVID-19 PRINCIPLE trial

Budesonide, an inhaled corticosteroid, is the latest drug to be investigated as a treatment for COVID-19 patients who are not in hospital.…

Pharmacies in Scotland to receive a further £4.5m for COVID-19 costs

Pharmacy contractors in Scotland will receive an additional £4.5m in COVID-19-related financial support.…

Family of pharmacy technician approved for £60k COVID-19 death-in-service benefit

The family of a pharmacy technician who died from COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic has spoken of their relief after their application for a death-in-service benefit was approved.…

Atif Saddiq: ‘We are here to listen’

Atif Saddiq, the chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s recently established Early Careers Pharmacist Advisory Group, reveals his ambitions for the new venture.…

IV antibiotics no more effective than oral for eradicating infection in cystic fibrosis patients, study suggests

Intravenous antibiotics are not superior to oral antibiotics for eradicating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients, according to a randomised controlled trial in Lancet Respiratory Medicine.…

Guidance on off-label use of tocilizumab for UK COVID-19 patients published

A UK-wide position statement to support off-label prescribing and access to tocilizumab, administered intravenously, for eligible COVID-19 patients in intensive care has been published.…

Pharmacies receive up to £10 per consultation in smoking cessation pilot

Pharmacies are being paid up to £10 per patient consultation as part of a national smoking cessation service pilot.…