Pharmacists lack knowledge and confidence around cannabis, study finds Pharmacists support the use of medical cannabis in practice but have concerns about the potential harms it may cause to patients, the results of a systematic review show…
Appointment availability is behind huge number of missed measles vaccinations, PHE expert says A senior epidemiologist at Public Health England has said that concerns about vaccinations are unlikely to be behind figures from international children’s charity UNICEF, which show that half a million children in the UK have not received their first vaccination against measles.…
Medicines optimisation in care homes scheme to end in March 2020 Clinical pharmacists employed by GP surgeries under the medicines optimisation in care homes programme will be moved to the new primary care network contract when the care home scheme ends in March 2020.…
A trigger for change? Two years on from the Carter review In Lord Carter’s 2016 review, he advised acute hospitals to deploy more clinical pharmacists and use them to drive value from the £6.7bn that hospitals spend on medicines every year. Two years on, The Pharmaceutical Journal investigates whether trusts are on track to meet these ambitious…
The Carter review: how are hospitals measuring up? Two years on from Lord Carter’s 2016 review of hospital efficiency, The Pharmaceutical Journal looks at the progress pharmacy departments in England are making towards meeting his challenging targets.…
Brush up on medicinal chemistry fundamentals with this easy-to-follow guide Basic Concepts in Medicinal Chemistry, by Marc W Harrold and Robin M Zavod.…
Tobacco smoking and its potential drug interactions Smoking and smoking cessation treatments have a pharmacological impact on some commonly used drugs and should be taken into account during the selection, introduction and cessation of medicines.…
Career progression within the NHS With roles opening up for pharmacists in urgent care settings, hospitals and primary care, new opportunities are being created for pharmacists looking to move up in the NHS.…
Project to sequence 100,000 genomes from NHS patients hits target The 100,000 Genomes Project has reached its goal to sequence 100,000 genomes from NHS patients by the end of 2018, Matt Hancock, health and social care secretary, has announced.…
Raised urate levels more strongly linked to genetics than diet, study finds Diet contributes much less towards the development of high serum urate levels than genetic factors, study results reported in The BMJ suggest.…