Bristol pharmacy goes orange for World Meningitis Day A Bristol pharmacy turned its premises orange to raise awareness for World Meningitis Day and publicise the signs and symptoms of the disease.…
Q&A: Ivana Knyght, interim head of professional support at the RPS Ivana Knyght leads the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s professional development and support service. Here, she talks to Corrinne Burns about the type of support the team offers members throughout their careers.…
Pharmacy undergraduates work with drug misuse services The charity Addaction is giving final-year MPharm undergraduates the chance to witness drug misuse services first-hand, as part of their degree.…
Are you a pharmacist with OCD? You’re not alone, and there is help out there Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be an added stressor to an already challenging job in pharmacy. Corrinne Burns caught up with pharmacists living with symptoms of the condition to find how they manage them.…
Basic asthma care comes down to ‘postcode lottery’ Asthma UK survey finds Just 35% of people with asthma are receiving the most basic level of asthma care, according to the fifth annual asthma survey from charity Asthma UK.…
Pharmacist Support appoints five new trustees Pharmacist Support, the independent charity for pharmacists, former pharmacists, and pharmacy students, has appointed five new trustees to its board.…
Pharmacy Research UK awards open to non-RPS members for first time Pharmacy Research UK has launched its 2018 funding round to non Royal Pharmaceutical Society members.…
A pharmacist’s guide to becoming more assertive Pharmacists should take advantage of Pharmacist Support’s free wellbeing workshops, which cover time management, stress management and building resilience.…
Pharmacy Research UK awards more than £80k in funding Six pharmacy researchers will share more than £80,000 of funding awarded by Pharmacy Research UK…
Boost in availability of oral cholera vaccines is a potential game changer in global fight against cholera Julie Hall from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies discusses a new global health plan to cut cholera deaths by 90% and to eliminate the disease by 2030.…
