Celebrating 100 years of insulin From simply injecting animal tissue extracts, to fitting patients with diabetes with an “artificial pancreas”, this infographic summarises the incredible story of insulin over the past century.…
Workforce shortages force some branches of LloydsPharmacy to cut opening hours LloydsPharmacy branches that operate on 100-hour contracts in Sainsbury's will see their trading hours reduced owing to "pharmacist shortages".…
‘Game-changing’ COVID-19 antiviral drug gets approval in UK for at-risk patients Announcing the regulatory approval, Sajid Javid said the government is "working at pace" to deploy molnupiravir to patients in a national study "as soon as possible".…
Children discharged with pneumonia need only three days of antibiotic treatment, study results suggest Amoxicillin was found to be no less effective in children receiving the antibiotic for three days than it was in those who took it for seven days.…
UK pharmacies could be given more flexibility under proposals to allow original pack dispensing Government proposals say greater original pack dispensing would allow pharmacists more time to provide clinical services to patients.…
How community pharmacy pharmacogenomics testing services around the world can inform their design and delivery in the UK A review of pharmacogenomics testing services around the world to evaluate the best way to implement services in the UK.…
How ‘proxy access’ in care homes saves time and reduces medication waste After implementing a proxy system in care homes, Mira Makhecha found that it reduced both medication errors and waste, and improved medicine delivery times and the accuracy of patient records.…
How to apply evidence to practice A step-by-step example of how to use research data to make an evidence-based clinical decision.…
LloydsPharmacy parent company sells UK businesses to private equity firm Following the sale of several other European businesses in July 2021, the McKesson Corporation is selling its UK businesses as part of its focus on investment outside Europe.…
John Francis Humphreys-Jones (1923–2021)On 27 October 2021, John Francis Humphreys-Jones, aged 98 years, of Menai Bridge, Gwynedd. Mr Humphreys-Jones registered with the Society in 1946 and became a Fellow of the Society in 1992.…
