Pharmacy teams told to ‘urgently’ order unlicensed imports of chemotherapy drugs in shortage warning Exclusive: A ‘Tier 3 — high impact’ alert has been issued for the platinum-based chemotherapy agents cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin.…
Spotlight: the story behind the ADHD prescribing surge In this episode of The PJ Pod, we investigate how increased prescribing for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is affecting NHS services.…
MPs back expansion of routine vaccination delivery by pharmacists The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has called for urgent action to tackle declining vaccination rates among children.…
‘Several’ universities planning new MPharm courses, says Pharmacy Schools Council The pharmacy body welcomed the NHS's 'Long-term workforce plan', but warned that capacity and funding will be important challenges.…
Pharmacists are the success story of general practice, and they are here to stay With more than 8,500 pharmacists now working in general practice, they have a vital role in patient care — their recruitment into primary care networks must continue.…
NHS to start routinely offering blindness drug to premature babies Treatment with ranibizumab, which is administered using a precision injection system, would begin two or three days after diagnosis of retinopathy of prematurity.…
Pharmacist training places to increase by 50% in eight years under NHS workforce plan NHS England has committed to increasing pharmacist training places to around 5,000 by 2031/2032.…
Government to open five regional aseptic pharmacy ‘pathfinder’ hubs by 2027 The move to centralise aseptic medicine production in England has been welcomed, but there are calls for the government to commit to funding to allow for delivery.…
The pharmacy workforce, in lieu of a plan The Pharmaceutical Journal’s health policy columnist delves deeper into pharmacy’s worsening workforce crisis.…
Community pharmacy delivers more than 5 million flu vaccinations for the first time The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed it is considering expanding the National Flu Vaccination Service to secondary school-aged children in England.…