PJ, March 2023, Vol 310, No 7971

NHS tenders contract to train 500 supervisors for independent prescribing pharmacists

The contract follows warnings of a shortage of designated prescribing practitioners to supervise pharmacists who are training to become independent prescribers.…

Spotlight: Ethnicity and the pharmacy degree

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Kv8FtYRAWXQ7GeK1k0zHP In this second Spotlight episode of The PJ Pod, we talk through an investigation that has shown the awarding gap between white pharmacy graduates and their ethnic minority counterparts in the UK has narrowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Test your knowledge of paediatric health

An opportunity to test your knowledge on various aspects of paediatric health, from medicines and vaccinations to respiratory and dermatological conditions.…

James Michael ‘Mike’ Brunt (1937–2023)

On 2 March 2023, Mike Brunt, aged 85 years, of Thetford, Norfolk. Mr Brunt was a former member of the Society. Tribute Mike graduated from the University of Leicester with a BPharm in 1960, and took his first job at Jesse Boot’s original store in Nottingham. Following a brief period as t…

New Scottish health secretary appointed

Michael Matheson moves from his role as net zero, energy and transport cabinet secretary.…

‘Pandemic of tragedy’: the deaths caused by gaps in online drug supply regulations

In the past ten years, multiple people have died after taking drugs they purchased online, with coroners warning that people will continue to do so without tighter regulations in place.…

Government warned repeatedly to better regulate supply of drugs online after series of deaths

Exclusive: Analysis of coroner’s reports has revealed a decade-long pattern of deaths caused by overdoses from drugs supplied online, accompanied by warnings to the government that more may die without tighter restrictions.…

Undergraduate pharmacy education must become more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people

There is a severe lack of teaching around LGBTQIA+ issues in pharmacy education and, where it is present, it reinforces marginalisation — the profession must take steps to improve.…

NHS policy team designing menopause referral service for community pharmacy

The proposed referral service forms part of the Professional Record Standards Body's updated data standards.…

NICE confirms recommendation for NHS use of three COVID-19 treatments

Final guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir, sotrovimab and tocilizumab for COVID-19.…