Health board to double number of community pharmacies offering independent prescribing service The increase in pharmacies offering the independent prescribing service in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in Wales will mean around 15% of pharmacies in the region will offer the service.…
Majority of UK pharmacy schools are ‘decolonising’ their degree programmes Exclusive: Nearly 90% of institutions who responded to a freedom of information request said they were committed to 'decolonising' their pharmacy curriculum.…
Pale and stale: decolonising the pharmacy degree In this episode, we take a closer look at what can be done to make the MPharm curriculum and the wider healthcare sciences more inclusive.… Supported content
NHS to trial ways of removing traces of drugs from hospital wastewater NHS Scotland has pledged to prevent harm to biodiversity and has brought forward its target date for achieving net-zero emissions by five years: from 2045 to 2040.…
UK government presses ahead with generics reimbursement reforms, despite shortage fears Industry bodies have warned that the changes could "lead to constraints on supply".…
NHS spend on contraceptive devices falls by 30% in one year The NHS spent £337,396 on prescribing contraceptive devices in 2020/2021, compared with £475,195 in 2019/2020.…
Inclisiran: a new option for cardiovascular disease but not yet a ‘game changer’ Draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends inclisiran in selected high-risk individuals, but there are several hurdles to get over before we can be confident about its role in preventing heart attacks and strokes.…
Combined HRT could reduce all-cause mortality by 9%, study results show The authors of the study concluded that the research "strengthens the emerging consensus" that, for most women, the benefits of hormone replacement therapy outweigh the harms.…
Pharmacy regulator to meet with universities over ‘deeply concerning’ registration exam pass rates The General Pharmaceutical Council says it will arrange accreditation visits to the lowest performing institutions.…
Hospital and GP pharmacists must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by April 2022 Sajid Javid has confirmed all NHS frontline workers providing services regulated by the Care Quality Commission must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by 1 April 2022.…
