PJ, January 2019, Vol 302, No 7921

Pharmacist involvement in NHS services ‘significantly’ improves medicines safety

Involving a pharmacist in a health and social care service “significantly” improves its medicines safety, an upcoming Care Quality Commission report is expected to say.…

General prescribing levels drive antibiotic prescribing in primary care, study finds

Interventions to optimise antibiotic prescribing need to target general prescribing behaviour more widely, researchers have concluded.…

Deaths: Robert Clayton

On 11 December 2018, Robert Clayton, aged 71 years, of West Sussex. Mr Clayton registered with the Society in 1969 and was conferred Fellowship of the Society in 2008. In 2005, Mr Clayton was appointed as lead for long-term conditions and public health within the Society’s Directorate of Pra…

Teething products containing lidocaine made P medicine

Teething products which contain lidocaine will only be sold as a pharmacy-only medicine from 2019, the UK’s drugs safety watchdog has announced.…

University of Sussex confirms closure of MPharm course

The University of Sussex has confirmed that it is to close its Master of Pharmacy course.…

PSNC would support ‘planned reduction programme’ for pharmacies, if NHS decides pharmacies must close

Pharmacy negotiators have said they would support a ‘planned reduction programme’ for pharmacies if the NHS decides that a cut in the number of community pharmacies is needed.…

Government commits to review of e-cigarette regulations after Brexit

The government has committed to reviewing how its regulations on e-cigarettes could be changed after the UK leaves the EU as scheduled for March 2019.…

Keith Ridge to lead government review of ‘problematic polypharmacy’ in the NHS

The government has ordered a review of overprescribing in the NHS to improve the safety of patient care.…

CPPE and RPS working together to help pharmacists with revalidation

With many options for learning, and many different organisations providing guidance, wouldn’t it be great if we could consolidate the resources and support available? The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) has worked with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) for many yea…

Deaths: John Eric Jones

On 15 September 2018, John Eric Jones MRPharmS, aged 88 years, of Barnet, Hertfordshire. Mr Jones registered with the Society in 1957.…