GPhC reports 82% pass rate for July 2021 registration exam The overall pass rate is ten percentage points higher than that of the most recent summer registration assessment in 2019.…
Microneedles: a new way to deliver vaccines Microneedles have long been used in cosmetic procedures, but they offer many advantages for the delivery of vaccines and medicines too, with the COVID-19 pandemic prompting an explosion of research in this area. Here’s how they work.…
Trusts send more than 4,500 electronic prescriptions as part of NHS pilot Exclusive: In response to a freedom of information request, NHS Digital said the three hospital trusts involved in the pilot had sent 4,504 prescriptions through the electronic prescription service…
‘Less is more’: the development and evaluation of a rapid pharmacist review in the emergency departmentThe views expressed in this letter are those of the author’s. If you would like to submit a letter to The Pharmaceutical Journal, please click here. Clinical pharmacists historically employ medicines reconciliation (MR) as a method for reviewing patients on admission to hospital. Inc…
How I launched a wellbeing programme for school children After co-establishing a mental health education programme in her son's primary school, Lucy Chalkley encourages her peers to draw on their own experience and follow a similar path.…
Community pharmacy pilot provides hundreds of take-home naloxone kits in one year Exclusive: The naloxone pilot, set up by charity Turning Point, in Somerset and Wakefield has reported providing more than 330 kits to patients in its first year.…
Pharmacy technicians can administer flu vaccine under national protocol for England Exclusive: Public Health England has confirmed that, under the national protocol for administration of inactivated influenza vaccine, pharmacy technicians will be able to prepare and administer the vaccine.…
John Ritchie Stephen Tait (1935–2021)On 10 July 2021, John Ritchie Stephen Tait MRPharmS, aged 86 years, of Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. Mr Tait registered with the Society in 1958.…
Number of young children prescribed antidepressants has risen by 41% since 2015 Exclusive: NHS data also reveal that the majority of those patients aged 5–12 years prescribed antidepressants between 2015 and 2021 were males.…
Tribute: Robert Shaw (1946–2021)It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of my dear friend Robert Shaw of Upper Tasburgh, Norfolk. I first met Robert in 1971 when he came for interview at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for a preregistration post. He had graduated as a mature student from the Bradford University S…