PJ, March 2022, Vol 308, No 7959

MPs vote in favour of continued online provision of medical abortion drugs

Temporary measures to allow women to have early-stage abortions at home following a video consultation during the COVID-19 pandemic will now be made permanent.…

NICE recommends continuous glucose monitoring for all patients with type 1 diabetes 

Patients will now have a choice in picking the technology that is right for them based on their individual preferences and needs.…

3D printing of pharmaceuticals and the role of pharmacy

A summary of current 3D printing methods, detailing the benefits of their growing use in pharmaceuticals and the role major stakeholders — including pharmacists — should expect to play.…

Community pharmacy staff will continue to receive free asymptomatic COVID-19 testing

The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed that patient-facing staff in primary care will be able to continue accessing free asymptomatic COVID-19 tests in England.…

Controlled drugs prescribing and management in hospital is lagging behind — it must go fully digital

A combination of outdated guidance and misconceptions about the law mean secondary care is missing a golden opportunity to reduce bureaucracy and improve patient safety.…

Long COVID: the new public health crisis

Latest data show a growing number of people in the UK living with symptoms of long COVID.…

Patients with both COVID-19 and influenza four times more likely to need ventilation support, study suggests

People co-infected with COVID-19 and influenza had the highest in-hospital mortality risk in a study.…

Pharmacists ‘essential’ to NHS pharmacogenomic service, says report

Pharmacists should be involved in teams leading pharmacogenomics consulting services within integrated care systems, a report has outlined…

Prescription charge frozen for the first time in more than a decade

Edward Argar, the health minister, said the prescription charge in England will not increase on 1 April 2022.…

Janet Morrison: ‘Closures aren’t telling the whole story’

As negotiations over the next year of the community pharmacy contract continue, Janet Morrison, the newly appointed chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, gives her take on the sector’s uncertain future.…