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Junior doctors’ contracts — unsafe and unfair

We appreciate The Pharmaceutical Journal’s support for junior doctors in England in the editorial ‘Pharmacists must support their junior doctor colleagues’. We would like to add a few points to the issues regarding our contracts.  We are seriously concerned that the…

Junior doctors vote overwhelmingly for industrial action in the UK

Around 98% of junior doctors have voted in favour of industrial action over the UK government’s threat to impose a new contract on them from August 2016.…

Pharmacists must support their junior doctor colleagues

Junior doctors deserve support during this difficult period in their careers.…

Reflecting on practice is an important part of continuing professional development

Clinicians constantly reflect on what they do, but it is important that these thoughts are documented.…

Disciplinary measures are appropriate

I am amazed at your apparent tolerance of wrong and over prescribing of antibiotics by doctors ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;295:163). You mildly question the referral of such doctors to the General Medical Council rather than strongly support it. Janna Lawrence (…

New edition of BNF brings ‘fundamental change’

Major changes have been made to the structure and appearance of the British National Formulary, the medicines and prescribing reference book used by NHS healthcare professionals.…

Tranexamic acid can cut the need for blood transfusions after surgery

A hospital reduced the need for red blood cell transfusions by 40% for patients undergoing a full knee or hip replacement when they routinely gave them tranexamic acid, according to new research.…

Extensive training would equip pharmacists with the right skills

Regarding pharmacist training for clinical roles, perhaps it would be a good idea to follow a similar approach to that of medical students and junior doctors. This would include multiple long practice placements during the university years, which now appears to have unanimous support. Then, once qua…

Alistair Burt: ‘pharmacists are an untapped resource’

Minister of State for Community and Social Care Alistair Burt, in an exclusive interview with The Pharmaceutical Journal, discusses seven-day healthcare service, pharmacists’ growing role in the NHS and decriminalisation of dispensing errors.…

Understanding operations through the eyes of a neurosurgeon

‘Do no harm’ by Henry Marsh.…