Medicines regulator reviews chloramphenicol packaging after picking errors Regulators are working with community pharmacy organisations to review the packaging of chloramphenicol eye and ear drops.…
Embrace opportunities under five-year NHS plan, pharmacists urged Pharmacy organisations have identified opportunities to integrate more with other services and have a real impact on improving patient care within the five-year NHS plan.…
E-cigarettes in pharmaciesI attended this year’s Pharmacy Show at the NEC in Birmingham on 5–6 October 2014 and saw a large number of exhibitors flogging their e-cigarette products to attendees, many of whom are pharmacists. How can pharmacists encourage patients to give up smoking while at the same time promote …
National minor ailment scheme could help save NHS £1bn Community pharmacists in England could help save the NHS up to £1bn a year if they were contracted to run a national minor ailments service.…
New medicine service guaranteed a place in pharmacy, conference hears The new medicine service is here to stay for the foreseeable future, according to the chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…
Mind-expanding exploration at London’s Kew Gardens The Intoxication Season, Mind Altering Plants and Fungi at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, ran from 20 September to 12 October 2014.…
Union representing hospital pharmacists hopes strike will force government to rethink pay deal The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists hopes the UK government will reconsider the terms of the 2014 pay deal after NHS strike action.…
Flying the flag for pharmacy Aileen Bryson, policy and practice lead for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland, highlighted the services provided by pharmacists at the Labour Party Conference…
Annual national flu vaccination programme kicks off in EnglandFour-year-old children in England are being offered a free influenza vaccination on the NHS for the first time as part of the annual national programme.…
How do the Conservatives view pharmacy? Sibby Buckle shares her thoughts from the Conservative Party conference…