Clinical pharmacy

Experts draw up new guidelines for treating COPD attacks

Give oral rather than intravenous corticosteroids to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease flare-ups, say new guidelines.…

The Murray review: moving in the right direction

On 20 December 2016, six days after the long-awaited report by the King’s Fund’s Richard Murray on the provision of clinical services in community pharmacy was published, health minister David Mowat described the review as “an essential road map that sets out how we are going to mo…

Murray review of community pharmacy services will ‘direct’ government policy, says health minister

UK health minister David Mowat says that the Murray review into the provision of community pharmacy services will “direct” government policy.…

Becoming a pharmacist in a GP practice — clinical scenarios

Regina Ahmed has decided to try a career in the primary care sector. In the fourth of a series of blog posts, she describes some of the clinical cases she has handled and her regular workload.…

Pharmacist review boosts detection of inappropriate prescribing

Inclusion of a pharmacist in the multidisciplinary team could detect more cases of potentially inappropriate prescribing, study results suggest.…

Patient survey results acknowledge “huge” role clinical pharmacists in GP practices could play

The Patients Association says it wants clinical pharmacists to become part of the established primary care team, with one in every GP practice in England, following the results of a survey that asked patients and carers about pharmacists’ emerging role.…

The Pharmaceutical Journal’s most read opinion pieces of 2016

A round up of the most popular opinion pieces of 2016.…

Murray review calls for redesign of MURs and practical steps to establish national minor ailments scheme

Medicines use reviews (MURs) should be redesigned to include ongoing monitoring and regular patient follow-up, giving community pharmacists a much greater role in the management of patients with long-term conditions, according to a long-awaited review of community pharmacy services.…

The people behind the biggest pharmacy stories of 2016

In our review of 2016, The Pharmaceutical Journal highlights the people behind the biggest pharmacy stories of the past 12 months. These are men and women who we considered to be the most strongly connected with the news stories that had the biggest impact on our readers.…

Standardise, upskill and scale up: how one acute trust is facing the Carter challenge

Staff working at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust share their thinking around plans to deliver financial savings and improved care for patients in light of the Carter review. …