Medication safety

Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month

What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…

Hospital e-referral initiative boosts post-discharge MURs in community pharmacies

Project highlighted in RPS guide refers patients for medicines reviews to reduce readmission risk.…

Pregnancy: use of medicines in managing complications

How physiological changes during pregnancy are managed to minimise risk to the mother and foetus.…

European Medicines Agency launches safety review of HPV vaccines

A safety review of human papillomavirus vaccines, which protect young women against cervical cancer, has been launched by the European Medicines Agency.…

England’s top doctor orders review into how medicines are evaluated

The chief medical officer for England has ordered an independent review into the efficacy and safety of medicines to address a growing perception that doctors and scientists are “untrustworthy”.…

Study highlights contribution made by critical care pharmacists

Specialist critical care pharmacists can make a “substantial” contribution to achieving the best use of medicines for patients cared for in hospital critical care units, finds new research.…

‘Imperative’ hospital pharmacists are given dispensing error defence soon

Society restates concern over lack of defence for hospital pharmacists in official response to government consultation.…

Pharmacogenomics project seeks to provide personalised drug safety profiles

US researchers have announced a major study to identify genes involved in drug metabolism, with the hope of providing personalised “drug safety” profiles.…

The BPSA’s policies for the political parties

The British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (BPSA), as part of its commitment to represent its 14,500 undergraduate and pre-registration trainee members, wrote to the major political parties contesting the general election to advocate a number of policies voted for by members at the annua…

Ensuring pharmacy’s voice is heard

As an English Pharmacy Board member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) for the past three years, I have worked hard with colleagues to ensure that pharmacy’s voice is heard by those who matter in the NHS, the government and the royal colleges. As we advocate for new roles, such as…