PJ, October 2018, Vol 301, No 7918

Deaths: Neville Wakeford

On 7 October 2018, Neville Wakeford MRPharmS, aged 86 years, of Oxted, Surrey. Mr Wakeford registered with the Society in 1954. In 1957 he became managing director of Kingswood Chemists, and was a past chair of the Croydon branch of the then Pharmaceutical Society.…

A third of women too embarrassed to talk to pharmacist about morning after pill

Almost a third of women who want to obtain the morning after pill said they were embarrassed to talk to their pharmacist about it, a survey has found.…

Community pharmacy is not the only sector to be affected by Brexit

Following the UK general election in 2017, The Pharmaceutical Journal ran an article asking several pharmacists for their thoughts on the result (2017;298:351–353). One pharmacist worked in a GP surgery, but the remainder all worked in community pharmacy. I wrote to the journal then (2017…

Accessible guide to targeted cancer treatments rich in scientific content

A Beginner’s Guide to Targeted Cancer Treatment, by Elaine Vickers.…

Cancer patients in England ‘first in Europe’ to get access to CAR-T therapy

England will be the first country in Europe to offer patients with cancer access to “groundbreaking” new therapy, NHS England has announced.…

FMD regulations won’t apply after ‘no-deal’ Brexit, says MHRA

Pharmacies will have no legal obligation to implement the Falsified Medicines Directive in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has confirmed.…

Alison Hemsworth: supervision, mentoring and flu vaccines

A minute in the company of one of the most senior pharmacy technicians at NHS England.…

Health board reviews NHS prescribing of 15 medicines

A Scottish health board has confirmed that it will stop providing co-proxamol for NHS patients under any circumstances from October 2018 and it is reviewing its prescribing of 14 other medicinal products.…

Deaths: John Whalley

On 21 September 2018, John Whalley MRPharmS, aged 87 years, of Stoke-on-Trent. Mr Whalley registered with the Society in 1958.…

Pharmacy organisations join forces to promote role of pharmacy in long-term future of NHS

A “future-proof” funding model is needed to ensure that pharmacy can maximise its contribution to the long-term future of the NHS, the Company Chemists’ Association has said in its response to an NHS England consultation.…