CCA calls for Pharmacy First to include independent prescribing The Company Chemists’ Association said that including pharmacist independent prescribing into Pharmacy First would enable pharmacists to “have the skills and tools to better meet patient needs”.…
Is masking simply an unspoken leadership tax? Why management culture is not always necessarily suited to those who are neurodivergent.…
Electronic medical records can identify prescribing patterns for antibiotic allergies, study results show Following analysis of 342 children's electronic medical records, researchers identified 67 children with a possible or probable antibiotic allergy.…
UK government rules out appointment of valproate tsar Health minister Preet Kaur Gill confirmed in a parliamentary answer that the Department of Health and Social Care “does not at present intend to appoint a senior team or a tsar in relation to those affected by sodium valproate”.…
CPE committee minutes reveal concerns over proposed regulatory changes following Jhoots failures Members of a Community Pharmacy England committee said regulatory changes should not be made until it is made clear that they were “needed and would address the issues”.…
Psoriasis: presentation, diagnosis and management An overview of psoriasis, including its clinical features, diagnosis and management, as well as how pharmacists can optimise care.…
Phase III retatrutide study demonstrates 30% weight loss Researchers found that at 104 weeks of the TRIUMPH-1 trial, participants with severe obesity who took retatrutide 9mg or 12mg achieved up to 30% weight loss.…
Pharmacies can reform ‘outdated’ childhood vaccination programmes The National Pharmacy Association has urged the NHS to commission pharmacies to offer childhood vaccinations to school-aged children in hopes of increasing vaccination rates among teenagers.…
Staying safe with online pharmacies: what patients and providers need to know about weight-loss prescribing What pharmacy staff and patients should know about weight-loss prescribing, as regulatory communications continue to highlight concerns related to online weight-loss services.…
Health news round-up: immunotherapy for depression, PCOS to PMOS, and clopidogrel for East Asian patients The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
