Hospitals should identify and prescribe time-critical medicines within 24 hours of emergency admission NHS England standards also state that support services, including pharmacy, should be available daily for acute receiving areas during extended-day working hours.…
Using pharmaceutical prioritisation tools to improve patient care How evidence-based tools can be used to improve the prioritisation of patients based on clinical need.…
Coroner raises concern over access to patient records for pharmacists in Wales A patient died after taking one drug for a chest infection and another for high cholesterol, which were contraindicated.…
The dark side of the ‘miracle jab’: why eating disorder safety cannot be an afterthought As the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists increases, so must our awareness of patients who have an eating disorder or who are at risk of developing one.…
Aspirin supplies expected to stabilise ‘over coming weeks’ In response to a written question to the Department of Health and Social Care, health minister Zubir Ahmed said the government is working with all partners in the supply chain to “ensure maximum accessibility” of aspirin in pharmacies and hospitals.…
Health news round-up: travel warnings, AMR in children, and the latest on medicine supply A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…
Prescribing pathfinders: what’s stopping community pharmacy delivering care for long-term conditions? A closer look at the University of Manchester’s evaluation of NHS England’s pathfinder project.…
Almost half of online pharmacies not inspected within six months of registration Exclusive: The General Pharmaceutical Council told The Pharmaceutical Journal that its inspections were sometimes delayed longer than six months owing to scheduling problems or if the registration was relocated.…
All ex-Jhoots pharmacies taken over by Allied Pharmacies to reopen The company has also confirmed that all staff that have moved over to Allied Pharmacies will receive backdated pay.…
Everything you need to know about GLP-1s for weight loss From semaglutide to tirzepatide, this article collates the latest information on pharmacological weight-loss treatments, including evidence and best practice for their use.…
