PJ, September 2022, Vol 309, No 7965

Nathan Burley: ‘We don’t want industrial action, we want fair pay’

As the newly elected president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, Nathan Burley says he is well placed to lead its members into the fight for improved terms and conditions for working pharmacists.…

COVID-19 booster programme expands as 350 extra pharmacies allowed to take part

Latest data show there are now 1,845 community pharmacies registered to give COVID-19 vaccinations.…

How we implemented a successful pharmacotherapy service across Scotland

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has also introduced pharmacist support workers and is offering training places and early years posts for the first time.…

Boots reports operating profit of £8m for 2021

The multiple's 2021 operating profit is a stark contrast to its operating loss of £245m in 2020.…

Extra cost of drug concessions reaches highest level for more than two years

Researchers have estimated price concessions may have cost NHS England more than £26m in August 2022, topping their previous peak in April 2020.…

Statins ‘rarely’ cause muscle pain in patients, find researchers

Results of a study looking at whether statins cause muscle problems showed only a 3% increased relative risk of muscle problems in people taking statins compared with placebo.…

Research suggests antihypertensive medicines can be taken at any time of day

Researchers found no statistically significant difference between study participants who took their antihypertensive medication in the morning and those who took it in the evening, in relation to heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular disease.…

RPS divests completely from fossil fuels

The Society's target was to sell any investments that it held in companies that extract fossil fuels by the end of 2022.…

Our multidisciplinary approach helped tackle polypharmacy in older patients

A quality improvement project taught senior pharmacist Misba Janjua the benefits of working as part of a multidisciplinary team to review older patients with polypharmacy.…