Clinical pharmacy

Specialist roles in hospital pharmacy

Pharmacy professionals have the opportunity to specialise in a variety of clinical areas. Eamonn McArdle explores the possibilities.…

Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month

What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…

Pharmacy students demand changes to registration assessment

The British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association has called for changes to be made in how future pharmacists are assessed, after trainees and tutors complained about the June 2015 registration assessment.…

Welsh government pledges support for advanced practice pharmacists

The role of advanced practice pharmacists in primary care is being developed in Wales as part of the government’s workforce plans for the next three years.…

Providing specialist mental health support to an acute trust

Improved outcomes for mental health patients, including reduced length of hospital stay, is a major aim of a new pharmacist role in Wigan.…

Study finds pharmacist-led medication reviews may not improve health outcomes

Reviewing the medication of patients presenting at hospital promptly was not found to have an impact on the length of hospital admission, mortality or re-admissions, finds a systematic review.…

Study highlights contribution made by critical care pharmacists

Specialist critical care pharmacists can make a “substantial” contribution to achieving the best use of medicines for patients cared for in hospital critical care units, finds new research.…

Making funding decisions in primary care

Rajiv Dhir is senior prescribing adviser for the Wandsworth Clinical Commissioning Group in London. He explains why working in primary care allows him to be both a practitioner and a manager.…

How to establish a new clinical pharmacy service

Satinder Bhandal and Jayne Ballinger set up a clinic in 2012 to help patients access new oral anticoagulants safely. They explain how other pharmacists can set up their own clinical services.…

Election manifestos miss the point about NHS staff capacity

NHS finances and staffing are typically prominent in UK general election campaigns, but there is a distinct lack of vision around the NHS’s workforce challenges and the impact that pharmacists can make.…