Medicines management

Evaluating pharmacist interventions using the Simpler tool in Malaysian patients with type 2 diabetes

An evaluation of using a Simpler tool in Malaysian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus to assess the types and effectiveness of interventions conducted by pharmacists and the impact on quality of life.…

We need new medication software to link hospital care to community pharmacy

As a relief pharmacist, and a locum on my days-off, there’s variation in my work — I check a plethora of interesting medications across a range of demographic groups. But there are two aspects of my work that remain unvaried no matter where I go: the dreaded desynchronisation of pa…

Caring for palliative care patients at home: medicines management principles and considerations

Pharmacists need to understand the range of medicine support that they and their teams can provide to palliative care patients and their caregivers.…

Improving medicines safety as a volunteer pharmacist in Cambodia

In 2018, pharmacist Alda Hummelinck volunteered in Cambodia to help identify opportunities to improve medicines and patient safety.…

Emergency antibiotic supplies double despite concern over AMR

As the number of antibiotics supplied through the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service increases, concerns are growing over its impact on antimicrobial resistance.…

Guidance published on sharing prescribing data between pharmacists and GPs to improve patient safety

Guidance on how to share patient prescribing data in a standardised format to improve communications between healthcare professionals should result in better patient safety, according to the body that published it.…

Police launch fourth investigation into Gosport deaths

The police have launched a fourth investigation into the 450 deaths that occurred at Gosport Memorial Hospital over nearly 15 years.…

More than a quarter of diabetes patients not taking medicines, study finds

Study results have shown that more than a quarter of type 2 diabetes patients whose urine was screened had not been taking their full prescription medicine.…

Pharmacy practice has improved ‘significantly’ since the Gosport tragedy, says new guidance

The pharmacy profession has “moved on significantly” since the events at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, which led to the deaths of hundreds of patients, new guidance has said.…

Electronic prescribing could have halted Gosport tragedy, RPS report says

The inappropriate use of opioid drugs, which was at the heart of the Gosport War Memorial Hospital scandal, could have been identified sooner if electronic prescribing had been in place.…