Chief pharmaceutical officer welcomes RPS royal college switch Speaking at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress, David Webb said the change in status to a royal college would “open opportunities for greater collaboration and provide more effective governance”.…
NICE to work with NHS Race and Health Observatory to de-bias clinical guidance The two-year partnership will examine clinical guidance across maternal and neonatal health, mental health, genomics, sickle cell and hypertension.…
Repeat prescription opioids most commonly linked to patient harm and deaths, study results show Researchers found that between January 2019 and December 2023, opioid analgesics made up 76% of the medications mentioned in coroners’ prevention of future deaths reports.…
Continuity of care and reducing risk during transitions of care This article considers the evidence of interventions to reduce risk during transitions of care and explains best practice for pharmacy teams.…
Community Pharmacy Scotland announces first part of funding deal for 2025/2026 Under the funding deal accepted by Community Pharmacy Scotland, in 2025/2026, the guaranteed minimum for reimbursement will increase to £120m.…
Monoclonal antibody ‘critical intervention’ for preventing infant RSV, study suggests Researchers found that nirsevimab reduced hospitalisations caused by respiratory syncytial virus in infants by more than 80%.…
Hub-and-spoke dispensing expansion set to begin in October 2025 Hub-and-spoke dispensing between different legal entities will be permitted from 1 October 2025 under draft amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.…
Medicines optimisation teams need to showcase their value to withstand ICB funding cuts With integrated care boards soon to have lost 65% of their funding over two years, now is the time for medicines optimisation teams to ‘be noisy’ about their work.…
Chief pharmacists call for medicines leadership to be ‘fundamental component’ of strategic commissioning system In a letter to NHS England, four integrated care board chief pharmacists said that they must shape and lead on medicines at a time of NHS change.…
PJ view: Strengthen the pharmacy frontline to secure the future of NHS healthcare This month, The Pharmaceutical Journal is launching a dedicated campaign aiming to champion solutions for the pharmacy workforce crisis.…
