Hospital pharmacist elected to Scottish Parliament Hospital pharmacist Maree Todd has become a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Scottish National Party (SNP) after standing for election for the first time.…
RPS masterclass: Personalised medicine – how will it affect pharmacists? 7 July 2016This new one-day Royal Pharmaceutical Society masterclass on 7 July 2016 provides an intensive and interactive opportunity for the pharmacy profession to get a head start with personalised medicines. The day provides attendees with an insight into the most important aspects of personalised med…
GPs demand review of pharmacy flu vaccination scheme GPs want the influenza immunisation programme offered by community pharmacists in England scrapped unless a national review proves that it has increased the total number of people being vaccinated.…
Finding new treatments for alopecia areata patients There are no clinically proven therapies for the autoimmune hair loss disease alopecia areata, but genetic discoveries may point the way to new treatment targets.…
All you need to know about GP practice pharmacists The first pharmacists are about to start work under a new pharmacists in GP practices scheme. What do existing practice pharmacists do and how will the new roles differ?…
NICE draft guidance recommends PCSK9 inhibitors for high risk cardiovascular patients The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the UK’s cost-effectiveness body, has recommended two new cholesterol-lowering drugs for certain adults with primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia who are at extremely high risk of heart attacks and strokes.…
Pharmacy2U unveils £3.5m centralised dispensing facility Pharmacy2U, an online pharmacy, has unveiled its £3.5 million prescription centralised dispensing facility in Leeds. The site can despatch 1 million prescription items a month, increasing the company’s capacity by around ten-fold.…
Atrial fibrillation patients on warfarin have increased risk of dementia Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) being treated with warfarin have higher rates of dementia compared with those taking the drug for other conditions, research shows.…
Tribute to William George PeberdyOn 21 December 2015, William George Peberdy died aged 95. Bill Peberdy qualified from Leeds University in 1942 and served as an admiralty pharmacist from 1942 to 1947. After spending a year as a manufacturing manager with Cupal in Blackburn, he opened a pharmacy in Leeds which he then sold in 1949.…
Deaths: William George PeberdyOn 21 December 2015, William George Peberdy, aged 95, of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Mr Peberdy registered with the Society in 1941 and was made a Fellow in 1992. He left the Society in 2015. …