PJ, January 2017, Vol 298, No 7897

Deaths: William Reginald Beresford

On 4 December 2016, William Reginald Beresford MRPharmS, aged 66, of Malpas, Cheshire. Mr Beresford registered with the Society in 1975.…

Pharmacy technicians to take on increasing responsibilities, GPhC consultation says

The GPhC’s draft standards consider pharmacy technicians’ involvement in clinical and corporate governance, audit and multidisciplinary team work.…

MPs to scrutinise community pharmacy plans in 2017

The Health Select Committee’s evidence session will consider the government’s plans for community pharmacy and the conclusions of the Murray review…

National Pharmacy Association to leave Pharmacy Voice after 2017

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), an industry body that represents independent pharmacies, will not continue to be part of the umbrella trade body Pharmacy Voice “beyond 2017”.…

Deaths: Ronald Chisholm Allan Craig

On 21 November 2016, Ronald Chisholm Allan Craig MRPharmS, aged 80, of Carlisle, Cumbria. Mr Craig registered with the Society in 1958. In 1977, Mr Craig was appointed area pharmaceutical officer of the Cumbria area health authority. …

Comprehensible reference text on injectable drugs

Handbook on injectable drugs 19th edition, Editor-in-chief Gerald K McEvoy…

How you dress affects professional image

As a retired community pharmacist who used to own my own pharmacies, it was important to me that all staff looked clean, presentable and wore an overall. Any male managers would wear a clean white lab coat or smart business suit that clearly showed him to be a man of competence and authority and the…

A new perspective on addiction

Unbroken brain: a revolutionary new way of understanding addiction, by Maia Szalavitz.…

We need to increase mental health research in young people

Around one in four people in the UK experience a mental health condition each year. Currently, up to two-thirds of those affected are going without treatment. We lack the tools to diagnose many mental illnesses quickly or effectively enough, and treatments do not work well enough for too many people…