2014: The Pharmaceutical Journal’s news in review Looking back at some of the biggest news stories from the past year. …
A battleground between public health and disease ‘Dirty old London: the Victorian fight against filth’, by Lee Jackson.…
Leaders undeterred by missing commissioning plan for pharmacy Pharmacy bodies remain hopeful that pharmacy will play a meaningful role in new models of NHS care, despite the lack of a formal response to the Call to Action consultation.…
Pharmacy risks being sidelined as NHS evolves, report warns Pharmacists risk missing the opportunity to expand their clinical responsibilities within a changing NHS in England because of a failure to reform funding arrangements and a lack of consistent messages about the role the profession can play.…
Provision of pharmacy services in England has increased, statistics show The number of medicines use reviews and new medicine service interventions has risen steadily in England’s community pharmacies.…
NHS staff in Wales to receive 1% consolidated pay riseNHS staff in Wales on ‘Agenda for change’ pay scales will receive a 1% consolidated pay rise from April 2015 in a deal agreed between unions and the Welsh government.…
The centenary of the discovery of x-ray crystallography2014 is the International Year of Crystallography. Andrew Haynes pays tribute to Rosalind Franklin, whose contributions to crystallography helped to confirm the structure of DNA.…
Not all NHS waste is wasteful Amidst the drive for efficiency in the NHS, medicines waste must not be oversimplified.…
Using art as therapy and visualising science Benedict Lam looks at an exhibition in London that brings art and science together and spoke to some of the artists to find out their inspiration…
NHS expenditure on prescribed medicines up by 7.6%, with 15.1% increase in hospital sector The cost of medicines prescribed by hospitals in England increased by 15.1% to £5.8bn in 2013–2014 compared with the previous year.…