Ngozi Kalu: ‘When research lacks representation, findings become biased and inequalities emerge’ As assistant director for research and evidence for the NHS Race and Health Observatory, Ngozi Kalu is at the epicentre of the organisation’s mission to end ethnic inequalities across the NHS.…
Medicines commission calls for greater clarity on risk of suicidal behaviour from antidepressants The Commission on Human Medicines said wording in antidepressant patient information leaflets should be “strengthened” on the risk of suicidal behaviour.…
Electronic patient records pose risk to safety, watchdog warns The Health Services Safety Investigations Body said that electronic patient records contributed to patient safety incidents when they lacked necessary functions and displayed inconsistencies in terms used.…
NICE cost-effectiveness thresholds increased as UK strikes trade deal with United States The adjusted threshold could allow the approval of an additional three to five medicines for use on the NHS in England each year.…
RPS invites responses to pharmacogenomics prescribing consultation The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said that its draft pharmacogenomic resource offers reflections on how competencies taken from its ‘Competency framework for all prescribers’ apply to pharmacogenomics.…
Patient access to 24/7 palliative care medicines is ‘insufficient’, finds House of Commons-commissioned report The report also suggested that there was a “postcode lottery” in integrated care board provision of palliative care and end-of-life services.…
All hospital pharmacists faced critical medicine shortage in 2024, survey finds The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists’ 2025 shortages survey received responses from 859 hospital pharmacists across 36 countries, 21 of whom were based in the UK.…
Building bridges: what happens when pharmacy and general practice finally sit down together? Here, chief executive of Community Pharmacy London highlights the collaboration and discussions shared during the recent 'Community Pharmacy x General Practice Summit'.…
Margaret McLeod (1937–2025)On 31 August 2025, Margaret McLeod MPharmS, aged 88 years, of Aboyne, Scotland. Miss McLeod registered with the Society in 1959.…
