Antidepressants make up more than half of items dispensed using serious shortage protocols Exclusive: Data analysis by The Pharmaceutical Journal also revealed that HRT products accounted for just 10% of all SSP items dispensed between October 2019 and October 2022.…
Mark Shenton (1952–2023)On 28 February 2023, Mark Shenton, aged 70 years, of Brierley Hill, West Midlands. Mr Shenton registered with the Society in 1974.…
Royal Pharmaceutical Society collaboration will offer fully-funded pathway for advanced pharmacist practice There are 300 places available for the first cohort, with more expected to be made available later in 2023.…
Complex and inflexible: the shortcomings of serious shortage protocols Use of ‘serious shortage protocols’ dropped significantly in 2022, despite growing numbers of medicine shortages, leaving pharmacists calling for the system to be overhauled.…
Pharmacies to collect toiletries and sanitary products as part of hygiene poverty campaign Customer donations will be collected for distribution to charities, including hygiene banks, domestic abuse services, homelessness support and food banks.…
Donald Aslett (1936–2023)On 23 February 2023, Donald Aslett MPharmS, aged 86 years, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Mr Aslett registered with the Society in 1958. …
Weight loss drug semaglutide will ‘soon’ be available to eligible patients, says NICE Trial results showed that participants taking semaglutide lost an average of 12% more of their body weight compared with placebo.…
Taiwo Owatemi: ‘Pharmacists should be able to refer patients straight to secondary care’ Labour MP and locum pharmacist Taiwo Owatemi shares her views on how to handle pressures on the NHS and why the government is dragging its feet with England’s ‘Pharmacy First’ scheme.…
NHS England to remove financial incentives for structured medication reviews in 2023/2024 Incentives to switch patients to environmentally friendly inhalers and to prescribe more patients with edoxaban will also be scrapped.…
Government advisers recommend further COVID-19 vaccine boosters for vulnerable patients The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has recommended that a spring booster should be offered to adults aged over 75 years, people living in care homes for older adults, and anyone aged five years and over who is immunosuppressed.…
