‘I write 50–60 repeat prescriptions every week’ — a day in the life of a rheumatology pharmacist Specialist pharmacist Andrew Pothecary manages the day-to-day care of patients on disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.…
How we saved £2.4m for our trust through medicines optimisation — more than twice our target The savings made by hospital pharmacists at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have enabled equipment to be replaced so that more patients can be seen.…
NHS trusts advised to conserve propofol because of high demand from COVID-19 patients A supply disruption alert for three presentations of the sedative propofol has been issued, with NHS trusts asked to “preserve propofol stocks for critical care sedation, induction of anaesthesia and target-controlled sedation”.…
Top ten features of 2020No prizes for guessing what this year’s most popular features have been based on… yes, everything and anything to do with COVID-19.…
Pharmacist-led feedback for prescribers cuts errors in hospital, study suggests A pharmacist-led feedback intervention, aimed at supporting prescribers, resulted in a significant reduction in prescribing errors in hospital, a study has found.…
2020: How has your year been? As this challenging year comes to an end, we ask five members of the profession how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their lives.…
Pharmacist salaries in east of England fall by a fifth in one year, ONS figures show Pharmacists working in the east of England area saw a 19% drop in their salaries on average this year, data from the Office for National Statistics show.…
Hospital pharmacists oversee ‘safe handling’ of COVID-19 vaccines in vaccination centres Hospital pharmacists working in vaccination centres and hospital hubs are given the “lead responsibility” for ensuring COVID-19 vaccines are safely handled and administered, England’s chief pharmaceutical officer has said.…
Evaluation of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust community pharmacy transfer of care around medicines service This study aims to retrospectively analyse the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust community pharmacy transfer of care in medicines service to describe the type of medication-related problems identified during pharmacist consultations with patients and the services provided.…
Guidance on off-label use of tocilizumab for UK COVID-19 patients published A UK-wide position statement to support off-label prescribing and access to tocilizumab, administered intravenously, for eligible COVID-19 patients in intensive care has been published.…
