Electronic prescription service: the battle for nominations Allegations that electronic prescription service nominations are being switched without patients’ consent have prompted concerns over safety. The Pharmaceutical Journal investigates the potential impact.…
ADHD medicines prescriptions rose again in 2025 More than 991,000 items of lisdexamfetamine were prescribed in NHS primary care in 2025, which is a 36% increase compared with 2024, according to Care Quality Commission data.…
Clinical decision support tools in pharmacy practice Practical advice for pharmacy teams on the current use of clinical decision support tools, as well as their benefits and limitations.…
Health news round-up: paternal health, clozapine guideline and news from the European Congress on Obesity Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Are electronic prescribing systems increasing the risk of ‘look-alike sound-alike’ medication errors? Electronic prescribing and medication systems have been heralded for their potential to reduce medication errors, but they also make it easy to select the wrong drug. Has their implementation made it more likely for ‘look-alike sound-alike’ errors to occur?…
National formulary should be integrated into electronic prescribing, paediatric bodies say A joint position statement recommended that British National Formulary for Children-based dosing should be used to calculate paediatric doses and set safety dose limits for electronic prescribing systems.…
Coroner raises concern over prescribing errors following prison death A prisoner at HMP Thameside died of cardiac arrest as a result of an epileptic seizure with the coroner stating that a “significant contributing factor” was “toxicity related to pregabalin and sodium valproate level in someone with epilepsy”.…
Government commits to digital infrastructure for pharmacist prescribing In its ‘Neighbourhood health framework’, the government said it aims to ensure that increasing demand and patient need in primary care is met via pharmacy teams with the support of national digital infrastructure.…
Almost half of online pharmacies not inspected within six months of registration Exclusive: The General Pharmaceutical Council told The Pharmaceutical Journal that its inspections were sometimes delayed longer than six months owing to scheduling problems or if the registration was relocated.…
Pharmacy2U acquires Care Quality Pharmacy Care Quality Pharmacy offers prescription and NHS services to a variety of care home groups, extra care services and domiciliary care agencies.…
