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Community pharmacy sector needs to continue to provide evidence if it wants to influence commissioning boards, Pharmacy Show hears

Community pharmacists should do more to collect evidence of the sector’s worth to be granted representation on important boards that influence commissioning in the NHS.…

Cell biologist Ohsumi wins Nobel prize for autophagy discoveries

Cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries relating to the mechanisms for autophagy. …

Ethnic disparities in the uptake of pharmacy services

On 27 August 2016, UK prime minister Teresa May announced an audit of public services to reveal racial disparities and to help end the injustices that many people experience. This will be led by a unit in the Cabinet Office and will include coverage of health services. It is hoped that it will …

Pharmacy leaders: listen to the worries of young pharmacists

At one of the plenary sessions from the 2016 RPS Conference, Julia Robinson heard that the views of newly registered pharmacists and students must be listened to in order to take the profession forward.…

How does your personality help or hinder your interprofessional learning?

The underlying personality traits of pharmacists and doctors may help explain why working together is such a challenge.…

NHS England sets out recommendations for seven-day hospital pharmacy services

Unnecessary variation in hospital pharmacy services on weekends can be avoided through optimal use of medicines, technology and workforce, according to an NHS report published on 5 September 2016.…

Pharmacy minister announces 6% cuts to community pharmacy will not happen in October

Plans to cut 6% from community pharmacy funding in England will not be implemented in October 2016 as originally planned, says David Mowat, minister for community health and care.…

Australian and Portuguese pharmacy initiatives win international awards

A national programme in Australia that aims to increase the profile of community pharmacists and a health promotion campaign run by pharmacists in Portugal have won international recognition.…

Supply chain expert receives international recognition from FIP

A pharmaceutical adviser who helps deliver savings to the NHS through supply chain services in Scotland has won international recognition.…

Vitamin D levels can affect aggressiveness of melanomas

Patients with malignant melanoma should not be advised to stay out of the sun without taking measures to ensure healthy levels of vitamin D, according to Julia Newton-Bishop, professor of dermatology at the University of Leeds.…