PJ, October 2010

Understanding the chemical basis of drug stability and degradation

In this science article, Timothy J. Snape, Alison M. Astles and Janice Davies discuss the chemical basis for the stability of certain functional groups within drug molecules against hydrolytic degradation and consider the methods used to maximise their stability on storage.…

Networks of committed pharmacists can benefit clinical research in the NHS

For this article, Beth Allen, research manager at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, spoke to two pharmacists about their involvement in the National Institute for Health Research clinical research networks and opportunities for pharmacists that these provide.…

Monitoring hypertension: how and why

How many of your patients know their last blood pressure measurement? And for the few who do, what are the important numbers? Jon Waterfield focuses on some of the more pragmatic questions associated with hypertension and looks at some of the current debates in terms its monitoring and assessing car…

Exploring professional judgement

All healthcare professionals, at some time or other, will find themselves wondering how they should act. As an introduction to a series of legal and ethical dilemmas and other professional issues that aim to help pharmacists deal with some of the practice difficulties they might encounter, Wing Tang…

Retail services provide the evidence base for pharmacy NHS services

Lloydspharmacy has shown that pharmacies can to offer credible, effective clinical care and all-important capacity gains in delivering NHS Health Checks.…