Uruguay delays plans to sell cannabis in pharmacies Marijuana will not be sold in pharmacies in Uruguay until March 2015, the National Drugs Board (JND) has announced.…
Robert Blyth, former PJ editor, diesRobert Blyth, FRPharmS, who edited The Pharmaceutical Journal from 1961 to 1986, has died. A pharmaceutical journalist for the greater part of his career, he died on 27 November 2014, aged 93.…
McKesson cements acquisition of CelesioThe US healthcare services and information technology company McKesson Corporation has cemented its acquisition of German pharmaceutical wholesale and retail company Celesio AG.…
Fifth pharmacist falls foul of regulator after BBC stingA superintendent pharmacist has been suspended from practice for 12 months after his sales assistant was filmed selling amoxicillin and Viagra to an undercover reporter.…
Boots to benchmark pharmacist salaries in 2015 pay review Boots will compare an individual pharmacist’s salary to an external market median for its pay review scheme in 2015.…
England’s Department of Health to review hospital pharmacy services to identify cost savings England’s Department of Health is to review hospital pharmacy services as part of a wider examination of how to cut waste in NHS procurement.…
Rise in endocarditis cases reported after change in antibiotic policy A reduction in antibiotic prophylaxis for dental procedures after a change in UK policy was paralleled by an increase in cases of infective endocarditis.…
Gum disease is worse in modern Britain than Roman BritainPam Mason describes a study from the British Dental Journal, which found that 5% of Roman skulls examined showed signs of moderate to severe gum disease, compared with up to 20% of adults with chronic progressive periodontitis today.…
A rethink is needed about how medicines-related IT systems should workCurrent initiatives to roll out patient record access to pharmacy provide insufficient patient information, and lack functionalities to ensure safe and efficient provision of services to patients. Moreover, access to these records have been patchy and wider access is needed, writes Andrew Davies.…
Triaging urgent care patients via a non-emergency telephone helpline Reema Caddies splits her time working between urgent care helpline NHS 111 at Yorkshire Ambulance Service and managing medicines for Local Care Direct, which operates an out-of-hours GP service.…