Director for RPS Scotland wins FIP Congress oral presentation prize Laura Wilson said she hopes her presentation helped to encourage pharmacists “from across the world to consider how hospital clinical pharmacy services can be transformed to enhance patient care”.…
UK’s first safe drug consumption room expected to open in October 2024 The safe drug consumption facility will allow people to use illegal drugs in a sterile environment at Hunter Street Health and Social Care Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.…
Deaths related to drug misuse in Scotland rose by almost 12% in 2023 The National Records of Scotland data show that opioids were implicated in 80% of the misuse-related deaths in 2023.…
More than 2,000 patients tested in UK’s first routine genotyping project for clopidogrel prescribing Exclusive: The genotyping project at NHS Tayside identified 2,300 patients, 29% of whom emerged as ‘poor’ or ‘intermediate’ CYP2C19-clopidogrel metabolisers.…
Pharmacy initiative results in 300% increase in inhalers being returned for sustainable disposal Five pharmacies in and around Edinburgh spent ten weeks adding stickers to dispensing bags to encourage patients to return inhalers to the pharmacy.…
Mark Drakeford appointed as Welsh health and social care cabinet secretary The former first minister of Wales has been appointed to the cabinet on an interim basis.…
Nearly 900 students dropped out of MPharm after first year in 2021/2022 Exclusive: General Pharmaceutical Council data suggest that 889 out of 4,505 students did not continue the MPharm degree after the first year.…
Hospital pharmacists to receive 5.5% pay rise Health secretary Wes Streeting said the government has accepted the NHS Pay Review Body’s recommendation to offer a 5.5% increase with effect from 1 April 2024 for all Agenda for Change staff.…
Pharmacy bodies say payment system has left Scottish pharmacies in ‘financial chaos’ Payment shortfalls and delays have followed the introduction of the new data capture validation and pricing process, pharmacy bodies have claimed.…
Clinical trial recruitment in England fell by almost 10% in 2023/2024 There were 18,140 people recruited to interventional industry clinical trials in 2023/2024, compared with 19,984 people in 2022/2023.…
