Medicines optimisation

A clinical practice guideline on medicines optimisation is being developed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for use in the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is registered as a stakeholder to comment on the provisional recommend…

Medicines care plans proposed to join up NHS care

An electronic “pharmaceutical care plan” should be introduced to improve the integration of care, according to a report on the future of pharmacy in Wales.…

NICE puts forward recommendations on safe use of medicines

Nearly 50 recommendations on how health and social care staff and organisations can ensure medicines are used safely have been published by NICE.…

Medicines optimisation, antimicrobial resistance and pharmacy education

RPS president Ash Soni reflects on major issues raised during the ‘pharmacy conference season’ in September.…

Why stopping inappropriate medicines in elderly patients is so important

Pharmacists need to be bolder when it comes to recommending that unnecessary medicines be stopped in elderly patients.…

Community pharmacies to lose out in new £2.8bn funding deal

The settlement includes £2bn, which will be delivered in fees and allowances, with the remaining £800m to be delivered through agreed drug purchase margins. …

Health coaching could empower cancer patients

Receiving health coaching from pharmacists could form part of the support available to cancer patients and encourage them to take responsibility for their own treatment.…

Earl Howe acknowledges delays for dispensing error and education reforms

The UK government minister addressed the delay in two key documents for pharmacy in his speech to the annual Royal Pharmaceutical Society conference.…

Personal contact from pharmacist enhances patients’ adherence to medicines

Interventions that include counselling by a pharmacist help patients with cardiovascular diseases adhere to their medicines, UK research shows.…

Encouraging medicines optimisation

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has launched a set of briefings describing how you can encourage patients with specific conditions to get the most out of their medicines. Here, you can find articles describing the briefings and everything else The Pharmaceutical Journal has to offer about Medicines…