PJ February 2026, Vol 317, No 8006

Hospitals should prescribe time-critical medicines within 24 hours of emergency admission

NHS England standards also state that support services, including pharmacy, should be available daily for acute receiving areas during extended-day working hours.…

Boots launches lung cancer early awareness scheme

Signs will be placed around over-the-counter cold and flu management products advising patients to speak to a Macmillan-trained pharmacist if they have symptoms suggestive of lung cancer.…

Using pharmaceutical prioritisation tools to improve patient care

How evidence-based tools can be used to improve the prioritisation of patients based on clinical need.…

Coroner raises concern over access to patient records for pharmacists in Wales

A patient died after taking one drug for a chest infection and another for high cholesterol, which were contraindicated.…

The dark side of the ‘miracle jab’: why eating disorder safety cannot be an afterthought

As the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists increases, so must our awareness of patients who have an eating disorder or who are at risk of developing one.…

Nearly 400 ‘dormant’ medicines targeted to be revived by government, industry and NHS scheme

Medicines UK said that the collaborative project would focus on 'dormant' medicines that represent a serious risk to supply resilience and could result in medicines shortages.…

Patient died from infection associated with non-sterile alcohol-free wipes

The UK Health Security Agency and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have warned that anyone with non-sterile alcohol-free wipes in their home and first aid kits should remove them immediately.…

Aspirin supplies expected to stabilise ‘over coming weeks’

In response to a written question to the Department of Health and Social Care, health minister Zubir Ahmed said the government is working with all partners in the supply chain to “ensure maximum accessibility” of aspirin in pharmacies and hospitals.…

Health news round-up: travel warnings, AMR in children, and the latest on medicine supply

A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…

Prescribing pathfinders: what’s stopping community pharmacy delivering care for long-term conditions?

A closer look at the University of Manchester’s evaluation of NHS England’s pathfinder project.…