Deaths: Barbara MartinOn 11 August 2017, Barbara Martin, aged 96, of Birmingham. Miss Martin registered with the Society in 1943 and left in 2017. Miss Martin became a Fellow of the Society in 1992.…
Animal magic — the Burges collection of materia medica The Burges collection was put together by the apothecary John Burges and contains more than 1,000 specimens.…
Gonorrhoea and antibiotics — past, present and future The problem of dwindling treatment options for gonorrhoea is complicated because there are very few new antibiotics in development. Stewardship of our remaining antibiotic resources is now more urgent than ever.…
How pharmacy can provide patient-centred care for dementia patients Each person’s experience of mild cognitive impairment and dementia will be quite different. Pharmacists and pharmacy teams are well placed to assist in both the early identification of dementia, as well as to help patients manage their medicines.…
Salbutamol linked to decreased risk of Parkinson’s disease Research has found that the asthma drug salbutamol is associated with a reduction in the risk of Parkinson’s disease.…
Pharmacy to roll out virtual GP surgery service after successful pilot One of the first pharmacies to open its own virtual GP surgery plans to roll the service out to all of its branches before the end of the year.…
Community pharmacy must transform for the future, conference is told Community pharmacists face an uncertain future unless they move away from the dispensary and carve out new roles as ‘population health managers’, the chair of the Pharmacists Defence Association (PDA) has said.…
Pharmacist ambassadors feted at RPS Awards 2017 Gillian Hawksworth, former president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and chair of the Panel of Fellows, has received the Society’s Lifetime Achievement award.…
My journey from analytical chemist to heart failure specialist pharmacist Helping patients to make sense of a serious and complex long-term condition is the most interesting part of my role, says Rocco Hadland.…
RPS publishes new policy on pharmacy’s contribution to antimicrobial stewardshipThe Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has published a new policy on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). Released as part of a new campaign, launched at the RPS 2017 annual conference to raise awareness of the importance of AMS among pharmacists, the policy makes a number of r…