Pharmacy teams identify patients with ‘red-flag’ cancer symptoms in early diagnosis project Exclusive: Of those identified, 17 people presenting with red-flag symptoms received a formal consultation with a pharmacist during the six-month project.…
How to make the pharmacy workplace inclusive for neurodivergent team members Practical tips and advice that pharmacy staff can use to make their workplace more inclusive for neurodivergent people.…
Prescribing dilemma: balancing risk and benefit when treating sertraline sexual dysfunction The first of a new series of articles exploring real-world dilemmas that pharmacist prescribers encounter in clinical practice.…
Pharmacists start more than 8,500 patients on contraception since service launch The service includes the initiation of oral contraception in community pharmacies via a patient group direction.…
Health psychology and advanced communication skills for prescribers An introduction to the principles of health psychology that can be applied during consultations with patients.…
How to assess mental health when prescribing An introduction to psychiatric history taking and how prescribers can identify opportunities for mental health intervention and referral.…
Communicating risk: how pharmacists should use data in conversations with patients Pharmacists must understand how to discuss risks associated with treatments through the effective use of data in conversations with patients.…
NHS survey reveals fewer than 5% of patients have been referred to community pharmacy from general practice The vast majority of respondents to the survey also described their experience of pharmacy services as ‘good’.…
Consultation and communication skills for pharmacy OSCEs An overview of consultation and communication skills for any pharmacists preparing for OSCEs.…
Hospital trust to develop AI tool for translating medicines information The technology will translate medicine instructions into different languages to improve medicines adherence and patient safety.…
