PJ November 2026, Vol 317, No 8015

Sick day rules for people living with type 2 diabetes

Acute illness can affect blood glucose control and increase the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus complications. This article summarises sick day rules and how pharmacists can provide patients with information, advice and support.…

A prescribing service for pharmacies in England: everything you need to know

What can the pharmacy sector expect from an NHS prescribing service in England and how will it be carried out?…

Medicines regulator to outsource some drug assessment work to private firms

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said that three companies have been given contracts to provide assessments of clinical and non-clinical regulatory data.…

Communication of risks of psychiatric side effects with fluoroquinolone antibiotics to be reviewed following death

A patient who had taken his own life began taking prescribed ofloxacin the day before his death after a previously prescribed first-line antibiotic had been ineffective.…

MHRA extends approval for gene-editing therapy to patients aged five years and over

Casgevy will now be used to treat younger patients with sickle-cell disease or transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia.…

Robert Timson (1944–2026)

On 30 September 2026, Robert Timson, aged 82 years, of Nottingham. Mr Timson registered with the College in 1966. It is with great sadness we learnt of the death of Bob Timson, former area pharmacist in North Nottinghamshire, past president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP) (1981