Is research really an exclusive activity or one we can all embrace? A pick of recent academic papers from Parastou Donyai, chief scientist at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.…
The vision for supervision As 2023 draws to a close, our health policy columnist says pharmacy could be the solution to alleviating workforce issues that continue to plague the NHS.…
What you are saying about fast-track medical training for pharmacists Your responses to our call for opinions on a course that could allow a pharmacist to become a doctor within five years’ training.…
Royal college to rewrite policy that said pharmacists should only treat new A&E patients when the case relates to medicine The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said it will rewrite its position statment on the use of pharmacists in emergency departments, which has been criticised as “disappointing” and “not patient-centred”.…
‘Vast majority’ of UK medical students are competent prescribers, study reveals A total of 95% of all final-year UK medical students have passed an online test that challenged their knowledge, judgment and skills around prescribing and their supervision of medicines use.…
What healthcare professionals can do to help limit HIV resistance Limiting HIV resistance must not be neglected in an era where we continue to see breakthroughs in treatment for the infection once labelled a death sentence.…
Becoming a pharmacist in a GP practice — clinical scenariosRegina Ahmed has decided to try a career in the primary care sector. In the fourth of a series of blog posts, she describes some of the clinical cases she has handled and her regular workload.…
Becoming a pharmacist in a GP practice – training and communicatingRegina Ahmed has decided to try a career in the primary care sector. In the third of a series of blog posts, she describes her training opportunities and building channels of communication with other healthcare colleagues.…
My life as an oncology pharmacist in a private hospital Oncology pharmacist Davina Lau describes the intensity of working with patients who are having treatment for cancer.…
Pharmacy in the UK: a perspective from Hong KongChoy Tsun Ho and Ho Wing Hei Phoebe, two undergraduate pharmacy students from Hong Kong, describe their experiences of UK pharmacy during an exchange programme in 2016.…
