PJ, June 2021, Vol 306, No 7950

RPS annual general meeting 2021

At the Royal Pharmaceutical Society 2021 annual general meeting, Paul Bennett, chief executive of the Society, reflected on 2020 and the organisation's financial position was outlined.…

NICE does not recommend colchicine for treatment of COVID-19

Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says there is not enough evidence to recommend colchicine to treat patients hospitalised with COVID-19.…

Pharmacotherapy of STEMI: a review of international guidelines

A review of four international guidelines on pharmacotherapy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction, from symptom onset to secondary prevention treatment.…

Regulator to confirm registration exam arrangements for overseas candidates ‘much earlier’ in future

The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it will "provide more regular updates for candidates" ahead of the July 2021 exam.…

Assessing pharmacy teams’ confidence on the safety of drugs in lactation

The views expressed in this letter are those of the author’s. If you would like to submit a letter to The Pharmaceutical Journal, please click here. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, followed by partial breastfeeding for …

Tribute: Celia Lavinia Hall (Feetam)

Like many people, I'm still in shock about the untimely loss of Celia Feetam from pancreatic cancer. Trying to imagine the mental health and pharmacy professions without Celia is enormously difficult as her influence spread far and wide. Celia first came to prominence within the UK Psychiatric Ph…

Pharmacy staff conduct 58 million informal patient consultations each year, say negotiators

The audit of nearly 6,000 pharmacies also showed that informal patient consultations could be saving up to 24 million GP appointments each year.…

Community pharmacy: vaccinating the people that other sites cannot reach

Community pharmacists across the UK are administering COVID-19 vaccinations in cinemas, car parks, village halls and sports venues, reaching people who would struggle to get to major vaccination centres.…

Jean Alexandra Mary Waller (1930–2021)

On 31 May 2021, Jean Alexandra Mary Waller MRPharmS, aged 91 years, of Reading, Berkshire. Mrs Waller registered with the Society in 1956.…

Tribute: Celia Lavinia Hall (Feetam)

I first met Celia when, as a (frankly terrified) preregistration pharmacist, I stepped into the dispensary in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in September 1973, at the time she was an MSc student at Aston University. She was tall, elegant, always beautifully dressed and extremely knowledg…