HRT prescriptions double in five years, despite supply shortages Prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy in England increased from 238,000 in January 2017 to 538,000 in December 2021.…
Opening the black box: the researchers trying to find treatments for long COVID With an estimated 1.5 million people living with long COVID in the UK, and this number expected to grow, understanding this troubling condition and how to treat it has never been more important.…
‘Hub-and-spoke’ dispensing could save £27m over 10 years, claims government The government has estimated that there could be a 40–50% time saving if pharmacies used a hub-and-spoke dispensing model, resulting in a net saving of £27.3m.…
Scottish drug-related deaths fall for first time in five years According to a Police Scotland report, there were 116 fewer suspected drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2021, compared with 2020.…
Online pharmacy dispensing quadruples in five years, NHS data show According to data from the NHS Business Services Authority, distance-selling pharmacies dispensed 52,930,116 items in 2021, up 301% from the 13,190,131 items dispensed in 2016.…
Considerations for effective and person-centred virtual consultations Nine practical tips and advice for pharmacists offering virtual consultations to patients.…
Pharmacists advised not to send medication direct to Ukraine The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists is advising members and healthcare workers to make financial donations instead.…
How switching a handful of patients’ inhalers saved nearly 5,000kgCO2e While switching inhalers may not be for everyone, reviewing patients who may benefit from a lower carbon device could have an enormous impact.…
Extra 165 places made available for independent prescriber training in first three months of 2022 The national workforce strategy also pledges to create an additional 89 preregistration training places in Scotland by 2024/2025.…
Pharmacists ‘underappreciated’ for their work in primary care networks, report finds Primary care network pharmacists also said they felt isolated in a report published by The King's Fund.…
