Clinical pharmacy

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.…

Teaching pharmacy students in Namibia

Newcastle-based pharmacist Nicola Rudall took a career break to teach clinical pharmacy to students in Namibia, in south-western Africa. Here, she describes the challenges she encountered and why this role is so vital.…

Tizanidine interactions

Careful titration of the skeletal muscle relaxant tizanidine is required to avoid dose-related hypotension, and its serum levels can be increased by drugs that inhibit CYP1A2.…

Regulator set to develop guidance for pharmacist prescribers

The General Pharmaceutical Council is considering producing its own guidance for pharmacist prescribers as it expects the role to develop.…

2014: The Pharmaceutical Journal’s news in review

Looking back at some of the biggest news stories from the past year. …

NHS could save nearly £2bn through waste reduction and improved clinical practice

Around £2bn of savings could be made in the NHS through reducing waste and improving clinical practice, says a report by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.…

Stop science focus for pharmacy degrees, chief pharmacist says

Pharmacy degrees should move away from a focus on chemistry and other sciences and concentrate on health provision, Scotland’s chief pharmacist has said.…

How pharmacists can improve the care of vulnerable patients

Specialist pharmacists discuss the issues surrounding vulnerable patient groups at the RPS annual conference.…

Atrial fibrillation guideline updates

How the latest clinical guidelines change the management of a cardiac arrhythmia affecting 1% of adults in the UK.…