PJ, February 2018, Vol 300, No 7910

English Pharmacy Board Election 2018

The scheme for the 2018 election provides for four places on the English Pharmacy Board for Members or Fellows who work or live wholly or mainly in England, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. The eligibility criteria are set out below. Please note that, as of 2016, places on the English P…

Scottish Pharmacy Board Election 2018

The scheme for the 2018 election provides for four places on the Scottish Pharmacy Board for Members or Fellows who work or live (wholly or mainly) in Scotland. The eligibility criteria are set out below. Nominations for candidates in the Scottish Pharmacy Board election can not be m…

Welsh Pharmacy Board Election 2018

The scheme for the 2018 election provides for four places on the Welsh Pharmacy Board for Members or Fellows who work or live wholly or mainly in Wales. The four places are to be allocated as follows: One place for a Member whose substantive practice is in the community practice sector (employ…

Vaping comes out of the smoking closet

Public Health England has called on the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to expedite the licensing of e-cigarettes as medicinal stop-smoking aids.…

Pharmacists need to be on board with falsified medicines directive

With less than a year to go, The Pharmaceutical Journal catches up with Raj Patel, chair of the UK falsified medicine directive working group for community pharmacy, and board member of SecurMed UK, the organisation implementing the medicines verification system in the UK…

How to recognise and respond to potential child abuse and neglect

In October 2017, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidance to support health and social care professionals in recognising and responding to abuse and neglect in young people aged under 18 years. Pharmacists and pharmacy teams should be aware of their roles an…

Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD): how it will work

The Falsified Medicines Directive will be rolled out in Europe from February 2019 to address the threat of fake medicines and will impact the entire supply chain…

One-year countdown to Falsified Medicines Directive

On Saturday 9 February 2019, the Falsified Medicines Directive will go live across Europe. On that date the entire pharmacy sector will be expected to adhere to the directive…

Buying the public’s trust

Launch of major campaign to encourage people to use community pharmacy and pharmacists as a frontline clinical service did not go entirely as planned…

English Pharmacy Board meeting report: February 2018

The English Pharmacy Board’s first meeting of the year took place at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s London office…