Pharmacies receive nearly 500 packs of medicine during regional antibiotic amnesty Exclusive: As part of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week in 2021, community pharmacies in the Midlands held an antibiotic amnesty and received 500 packs of medicines for safe disposal.…
Principles of drug use and management in pregnancy The principles of prescribing in pregnancy, including the management of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women and role of the obstetric clinical pharmacist.…
Antibiotic amnesty — positive action to tackle antimicrobial resistance through community pharmacies The unsafe disposal of antibiotics is hazardous to both the environment and human health — community pharmacy could help address these issues through a nationally coordinated antibiotic amnesty.…
Royal college status to be pursued at ‘appropriate’ time, says RPS Assembly The subject of royal college status was revisited in July's RPS Assembly meeting in response to a motion raised at the Society AGM in May 2022 that called for the RPS to "reaffirm this commitment" to seek Royal College status.…
MPs recommend government draft pharmacy workforce plan within 12 months The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee said the workforce plan "must ensure that all pharmacists have adequate access to supervision, training and protected learning time".…
Pharmacy staff working at online providers account for third of open FtP investigations Exclusive: Out of 600 open fitness-to-practise investigations, just over 30% involve pharmacists working within online pharmacies, the General Pharmaceutical Council has said.…
Naloxone should be available over the counter, recommend Scottish government advisors The Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce report said that mainstreaming naloxone would help to reduce 'harmful stigma" around substance use.…
Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, treatment and prevention An overview of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infective endocarditis, as well as the role of the pharmacist in managing the infection.…
Antidepressants: the people behind the prescriptions It has been widely reported that antidepressant prescribing increased during the pandemic, but what do we know about the people behind the prescriptions, where do they live and which antidepressants are they taking?…
Community pharmacies in some areas in Scotland allowed to close on Saturdays over the summer Community pharmacies in four Scottish health boards will temporarily be able to close on Saturdays, owing mainly to staffing issues.…
