PJ, March 2021, Vol 306, No 7947

Community pharmacies given extra £3.5m to cover COVID-19 costs

The funding will be in addition to £5.6m that was promised to the sector in Wales in December 2020.…

Low-dose steroids almost double risk of cardiovascular disease

Patients treated with glucocorticoids are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), research suggests.…

Naltrexone reduces pain intensity and improves life for those with chronic pain, review suggests

Researchers are now calling for more large-scale studies to investigate low-dose naltrexone as a treatment for chronic pain.…

Around 50 registration assessment candidates will sit test remotely in Great Britain

The regulator said that 109 candidates have arranged to sit the March 2021 assessments remotely, in Britain or overseas.…

Peter Greenwood

On 28 February 2021, Peter Greenwood, aged 92 years, of Otley, West Yorkshire. A former member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), Mr Greenwood was an RPS inspector for West and South Yorkshire and Humberside until retirement in 1992.…

Provisional register extended until January 2022

The General Pharmaceutical Council has extended provisional registration to allow preregistration trainees from the 2020–2021 cohort to apply to join the register.…

Point-of-care testing improves detection and treatment of influenza in hospital

Patients randomised to molecular point-of-care testing were more likely to be correctly diagnosed.…

Gerald Burton Green (1935 – 2021)

On 28 January 2021, Gerald Burton Green FRPharmS, aged 86 years, of Poole, Dorset. Mr Green registered with the Society in 1957.…

David John Tomsett (1945 – 2021)

On 7 January 2021, David John Tomsett, aged 76, of Emsworth, Hampshire. Mr Tomsett was a former member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.…

David John Stead (1942 – 2021)

On 13 February 2021, David John Stead MRPharmS, aged 78 years, of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Mr Stead registered with the Society in 1965.…