Long-acting interferon-beta cuts relapse rate in multiple sclerosisA new long-acting form of interferon-beta has shown significant efficacy versus placebo when used in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), reveal results of a Phase III trial published online in The Lancet Neurology.…
How a pharmacy-led lung cancer awareness campaign met NHS aimsHow a “Lung cancer awareness month” campaign demonstrated pharmacy’s crucial live-saving role in detecting the disease…
Contributing to changes in pharmacy educationJeff Mills finds out about the career of Maria Christou, head of the NHS Pharmacy Education and Development Unit…
Pharmacists offer a clinical service to vulnerable care home residentsNICE advice about medicines in care homes was due to be published as The Journal went to press. Debbie Andalo looks at how pharmacists currently support residents…
Things to consider when applying for clinical academic training fundingAre you thinking about applying for NIHR/HEE clinical academic training funding? In this article, Beth Allen and Peter Noyce suggests things to consider when putting pen to paper…
Making a difference to how you practiseRPS Support pharmacist Rakhee Amin explains her role advising other pharmacists…
Doing the Olympic curling circuit the pharmacist way: Claire Hamilton Elizabeth Sukkar learns that Team GB’s curler Claire Hamilton likes to keep her team’s medical kit well stocked and that she was terrified on her first day as a pharmacist…
How useful are medicines helplines for patients discharged from hospital?This paper suggests that patient helplines support medicines optimisation by ensuring patients have easy access to pharmacy experts to discuss concerns about their medicines and improve the quality of their pharmaceutical care.…
There is more to access than you may thinkLuc Besançon, general secretary of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), urges readers to explore the many ways in which they can bring about healthy outcomes…
A pioneer of care home pharmacyZeshan Ahmed talks about his role advising on elderly care medicine and GP prescribing…
