London pharmacists to be offered training to support LGBT patients A scheme to help primary healthcare teams support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people has expanded to London.…
Advisory body on drug misuse to provide framework on medical cannabis by end of 2019 The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has been asked to provide an outline framework on medical cannabis by the end of 2019, with the aim of having an initial view by the end of 2020.…
Pharmacists to identify AF patients at risk of stroke in £9m NHS England programme Specialist pharmacists across 23 areas in England will help to identify patients with atrial fibrillation who are at risk of stroke and could benefit from medication, under a £9m programme announced by NHS England.…
Lloyds given £17m contract to run pharmacy services in Scottish prisons LloydsPharmacy has been awarded a £17m contract to run pharmacy services in all of Scotland’s 15 prisons.…
Ferry contracts to ship medicines after no-deal Brexit cancelled The Department of Transport has cancelled ferry contracts worth a total of £89m put in place to ship imports, including medicines, from the EU to the UK in the case of a no-deal Brexit.…
Deaths: Robert Edwin KurringOn 18 March 2019, Robert Edwin Kurring MRPharmS, aged 75 years, of Billericay, Essex. Mr Kurring registered with the Society in 1966.…
Deaths: Stanley HirstOn 13 March 2019, Stanley Hirst MRPharmS, aged 83 years, of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Mr Hirst registered with the Society in 1956.…
Police launch fourth investigation into Gosport deaths The police have launched a fourth investigation into the 450 deaths that occurred at Gosport Memorial Hospital over nearly 15 years.…
All opioid medicines to contain clear warnings about addiction, health secretary announces All opioid medicines will need to carry prominent warnings about the risk of addiction, health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock, has announced.…
Ornella Barra: from community pharmacist to one of the world’s leading business women The co-chief operating officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance discusses her humble beginnings in community pharmacy and how she transformed her pharmaceutical distribution company into a global organisation employing more than 400,000 people.…