Evaluate pharmacists working in GP pilot schemes, MPs urge Pilot schemes testing whether locating pharmacists inside GP practices can improve clinical care and free up GP time now need to be formally evaluated, says an all-party parliamentary group of MPs.…
Deaths: Andrew Stephen ClargoOn 20 January 2017, Andrew Stephen Clargo MRPharmS, aged 53, of Colyton, Devon. Mr Clargo registered with the Society in 1986.…
Overseas patients to pay fees to the NHS under new plans Hospitals in England will have to check overseas patients’ and migrants’ entitlement to free non-urgent NHS care from April 2017 when new regulations are due to be introduced, the Department of Health has announced. On 6 February 2017, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said in a s…
Tribute to Nigel HughesIt was with great sadness that the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) West Yorkshire Local Practice Forum (WYLPF) steering group learnt that a great colleague and friend, Nigel Hughes, had passed away unexpectedly on 5 January 2017. Nigel was awarded a well-deserved Synergy Award in 2016 for his out…
How pharmacist William Wake’s time in the Royal Navy during the Second World War influenced his career Pharmacist William Wake received the highest French order for military and civil merits at the end of 2016. Julia Robinson finds out more about his time in the navy during the Second World War and his career in pharmacy.…
Prices for generic cancer drugs in the UK have soared over a five-year period, conference hears The price the NHS pays for some generic cancer drugs has risen by between 100% and more than 1,200% over the past five years, according to research presented at the European Cancer Conference held in Amsterdam.…
African parasite shows signs of resistance to widely used malaria treatment Artemether-lumefantrine, the most widely used antimalaria treatment in Africa and the one recommended for treating imported cases of the disease in the UK, is starting to fail, experts have warned.…
Audit helps pharmacists target patients who need hydration advice Community pharmacists can play a “significant” role in providing hydration advice to patients who may be at risk of acute kidney injury, according to the results of an audit commissioned by the NHS’s Specialist Pharmacy Service, published on 13 January 2017.…
Pharmacy Voice to disband following NPA departure Pharmacy Voice, the lobbying group and trade association that represents community pharmacy in England, has revealed that it will disband following the National Pharmacy Association’s (NPA) decision to leave.…
President Trump demands lower drug prices but vows to overhaul drug approvals process The US president has told pharmaceutical company executives that they must reduce drug prices in the United States, but promised them he will streamline US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) processes to speed up new drug approvals.…
