MedicalEnumeration

How useful are medicines helplines for patients discharged from hospital?

This paper suggests that patient helplines support medicines optimisation by ensuring patients have easy access to pharmacy experts to discuss concerns about their medicines and improve the quality of their pharmaceutical care.…

There is more to access than you may think

Luc BesanÃ§on, general secretary of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), urges readers to explore the many ways in which they can bring about healthy outcomes…

A pioneer of care home pharmacy

Zeshan Ahmed talks about his role advising on elderly care medicine and GP prescribing…

How I used patients’ records to deliver an enhanced service in the community

The case for giving pharmacists access to patients’ records is growing stronger. Chris Rose describes how he used patient records to run a painmedicines management clinic…

How I came to be a pharmacy owner

Pharmacist Rob Pitt shares his thoughts on building good relationships within pharmacy…

Professional competence in pharmaceutical science

As applications for the RPS Faculty roll in, Jeff Mills speaks to Faculty fellow and assessor Peter Hylands about his career so far…

Integrated examinations: supporting students with team-based learning

Jason Hall and colleagues explain how Manchester Pharmacy School is applying team-based learning to the MPharm course to integrate science and practice modules.…

How treatment is labelled affects migraine pain scores, study finds

Giving patients positive information about their treatment for acute migraine contributes to a successful outcome, whether the patient is given active drug or placebo, a US study has shown ( Science Translational Medicine ; 8 January 2013).…

SSRI use in late pregnancy linked to newborn pulmonary hypertension

Infants whose mothers took selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in late pregnancy may be at increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn…

Can supervision relaxation undermine patient safety in community pharmacy?

Supervision relaxation is on the cards again. Ellen Schafheutle and colleagues describe a study that explored communty and hospital pharmacyprofessionals’ views of the issues…