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Management of post-operative nausea and vomiting in adults

The evidence base supporting pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for nausea and vomiting after surgery.…

Lessons community pharmacy could learn from the junior doctors’ strike

The Pharmaceutical Journal's health policy columnist considers what pharmacists can take from the junior doctors' approach to industrial action.…

Doctors encouraged to write directly to patients using plain English

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has developed guidance to help and encourage hospital doctors to write their outpatient clinic letters in plain English.…

Bawa-Garba wins appeal to be reinstated to medical register

A paediatric trainee who was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after the death of a six-year-old boy from sepsis has won her appeal to be reinstated to the medical register and continue to practise as a doctor.…

Collection of musings of the life of an NHS surgeon

Admissions: a life in brain surgery, by Henry Marsh…

Restricting drug representative visits cuts prescribing of promoted drugs by doctors

Restricting pharmaceutical company representatives from directly promoting their products to doctors reduces prescription of those products, a US study has found.…

NICE wants patients with suspected sepsis to be treated within an hour

Patients with suspected sepsis must be assessed and treated within one hour by hospital staff if they are deemed to be at high risk of severe illness or death, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the health technology assessment body, has said.…

Q&A: Invest in safety and make savings overall — interview with Don Berwick

The author of the 2013 report which looked at patient safety in the NHS after the Mid Staffordshire Hospital scandal speaks to Jenny Bryan to share his thoughts on whether progress has been made.…

NHS plans to crack down on conflicts of interest

NHS doctors will have to declare income from any private practice in new proposals drawn up by NHS England and put out for public consultation on 20 September 2016.…

Q&A: What do patients want from pharmacists and the NHS?

Katherine Murphy discusses the current crisis gripping the NHS and where pharmacists can fit in to help, and explains why safety, accountability and transparency are key priorities for the NHS.…