Nadia Bukhari appointed as FIP global lead for gender equity and diversity Nadia Bukhari, a former member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society English Pharmacy Board, has been appointed as a global lead for gender equity and diversity with the International Pharmaceutical Federation.…
Pharmacists to ‘proof check’ GPhC registration assessment questions after errors found in exam The General Pharmaceutical Council has introduced “a blind proof check” of its exam questions after three errors were found in the regulator’s June 2019 registration assessment.…
Pharmacists can digitally transfer patient flu vaccination data to GPs in two-week pilot Pharmacists in Leeds will be able to send updates to GPs on patients who have their flu vaccination in pharmacies from 14 October 2019, as part of a two-week pilot.…
Why the newly licensed antibiotic cefepime should be introduced to UK formularies Healthcare trusts should consider introducing the antibiotic cefepime to their outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services to tackle infections that are becoming resistant to carbapenem antibiotics.…
Deaths: Mahmood Dullah ChaudhryOn 28 July 2019, Mahmood Dullah Chaudhry MRPharmS, aged 68 years, of Waterlooville, Hampshire. Mr Chaudhry registered with the Society in 1975. …
Pharmacist consultation service risks putting ‘massive pressure’ on urgent care if too few pharmacies sign up The Community Pharmacist Consultation Service needs at least 4,000 pharmacies to register by its go-live date of 29 October 2019 or referrals will “revert back” to general practice, a senior NHS England official has warned.…
Competition and Markets Authority accepts £8m from drug firm accused of price fixing The Competition and Markets Authority has accepted an offer of £8m to be paid to the NHS by a drug manufacturer as part of an agreement following allegations of anticompetitive behaviour and the supply of a prescription drug.…
Chemotherapy more effective than second targeted hormone therapy in resistant prostate cancer Men with advanced prostate cancer who stop responding to targeted hormone therapy but are then treated with modern chemotherapy have better survival rates than those given a second targeted treatment, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown.…
National Association of Women Pharmacists to become part of Pharmacists’ Defence Association The National Association of Women Pharmacists is set to continue as a semi-autonomous network within the Pharmacists’ Defence Association.…
Welsh government proposes introducing pharmaceutical needs assessments from April 2020 Health boards in Wales may be required to conduct pharmaceutical needs assessments from 1 April 2020.…
