The value of leadership in medication safety Pharmacy leadership is central to reducing medication harm, empowering staff and delivering high-value safety improvements across the NHS, argues Tony Jamieson.…
RPS appoints new chief scientist Amira Guirguis, who chairs the RPS science and research committee, will begin her role on a phased basis from 13 October 2025.…
Time to approve UK clinical trials has more than halved, says MHRA The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said the introduction of AI methods had contributed to quicker approval times.…
CPPE launches training for pharmacy staff to support patients with long COVID The e-learning programme was developed in partnership with the PHARM-LC study researchers, who consulted with people who have long COVID and sought views of pharmacy teams on how best to support them.…
Less than half of pharmacists who can prescribe do so daily Exclusive: One in ten community pharmacist respondents to The Pharmaceutical Journal's 2025 salary survey said they had never prescribed, despite holding an IP qualification.…
Digital skills should be a ‘core competency’ for all healthcare staff Attendees at a Royal Pharmaceutical Society roundtable emphasised the need to equip pharmacy workers “with confidence and competence to use digital tools to ensure safe and equitable patient care”.…
Pharmacy teams facing abuse after ‘high numbers’ of ineligible patients book COVID-19 vaccinations Pharmacy teams have reported having to spend a large amount of unfunded time explaining COVID vaccination eligibility to patients, some of whom have become angry and abusive.…
Health news round-up: mosquitoes, new HIV guidelines and research into cannabis and psilocybin Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news.…
Expanding community pharmacy services could save NHS almost £4bn The National Pharmacy Association also notes that the data in its report equate to “over 100,000 years of additional healthy life per annum" for patients.…
Redefining the pharmacist of the future Pharmacy is moving in an exciting clinical direction but, unless early career pathway opportunities are broadened, the profession risks losing valuable talent.…
