Creating a culture of whistleblowing for pharmacists How do we improve the treatment of whistleblowers in the healthcare sector?…
NICE puts forward recommendations on safe use of medicinesNearly 50 recommendations on how health and social care staff and organisations can ensure medicines are used safely have been published by NICE.…
EMA expands public access to suspected drug side effect dataThe public now has access to a website containing reports of suspected side effects of drugs authorised by medicines safety regulators in European Union member states.…
Long-acting insulin ‘probably superior’ to intermediate-acting insulin New research favours long-acting insulin over intermediate-acting versions due to the greater reduction in haemoglobin A1c, less weight gain and lower incidence of severe hypoglycaemia.…
Viagra could damage vision in people with an inherited eye disease Sildenafil has direct effects on both the inner and outer retina, say researchers writing in Experimental Eye Research.…
Taking responsibility as a UK final medical signatory As a medical science liaison, Lisa McCluskey travels worldwide presenting medical information. She has now been appointed final medical signatory, a role recently made available to pharmacists.…
FDA launches Sentinel programme to monitor drug safety System uses electronic health records to track adverse effects of medicines regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration.…
Regulator reassures community pharmacists over plan to name pharmacies in error reports Community pharmacists are unlikely to face a fitness-to-practise hearing if they report a patient safety incident that occurred in their pharmacy, regulators say.…
Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in September 2014What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month……
Pharmacists are advised to store Buscopan and baclofen separately to avoid errors Several occurrences of patients being given the wrong medicine has led to a recommendation that Buscopan (hyoscine butylbromide) and baclofen be stored separately. …
