No-blame culture should be fostered in pharmacyEven though the requirement to name a community pharmacy in patient safety reports has been postponed, the sector must do more to improve the reporting of dispensing errors.…
Dispensing: it’s time to let it go If the aspirations of pharmacy fulfilling a clinical role integral to public healthcare is ever to be realised, community pharmacists must shift their focus away from dispensing and towards providing health services.…
Drug shortages: it’s time for Europe to act Unlike the United States, Europe has no plan for coordinated action to mitigate drug shortages.…
Moorfields Eye Hospital to close its specials manufacturing facilityMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has decided to close its specials manufacturing facility in London, its board has announced.…
Eculizumab — with £340,200 price tag — gets go ahead from NICEEculizumab, dubbed “the world’s most expensive drug”, is being made available on the NHS in England following guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.…
Use of NSAIDs associated with surgery complication Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in patients undergoing surgery may be associated with anastomotic leak at the surgical junction, research confirms.…
Public health campaign highlights heartburn link to cancerPeople who have daily heartburn for three consecutive weeks may be at risk from oesophageal or stomach cancer and are advised to visit their GP, according to a new public health campaign.…
EU approval of AbbVie’s hepatitis C combination therapies challenges Gilead’s Harvoni A highly effective therapy for patients with hepatitis C is being launched by AbbVie in the EU over the next couple of months in direct competition with another treatment made by Gilead that was approved in 2014 and is now being rolled out. …
Pre-reg pharmacists dissatisfied with their training more likely to have trained in community sector Pharmacist trainees who completed their training in the community sector are more likely to be dissatisfied with the experience, while a higher proportion of dissatisfied students trained in London.…
A new model of pharmacy in North East London North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee is recruiting pharmacies to take part in its new ‘SelfCare Pharmacy’ practice. Will its efforts result in a viable new model of pharmacy care?…