Royal College of Pharmacy cuts ties with Teva UK ahead of upcoming annual conference A due-diligence review of partnership with UK arm of Israeli-based company highlighted “activities which do not align with [the College’s] values”.…
Pharmacy regulator and royal college call on NICE to state propranolol is not recommended for anxiety The General Pharmaceutical Council, patient safety commissioner for England, Royal College of Pharmacy and College of Mental Health Pharmacy sent an open letter to NICE asking for it to update its guideline on use of 'highly toxic' medication.…
Tase Oputu on the Royal College of Pharmacy’s first six months Six months after the launch of the Royal College of Pharmacy, its first president, Tase Oputu, sets out her priorities for the College and the profession.…
Tase Oputu: ‘Be part of the conversation. Nobody’s opinions are invalid’ Tase Oputu, president of the Royal College of Pharmacy (RCPharm), talks about her experiences of leading the College and outlines RCPharm’s priorities over the next 12 months.…
Two in three housebound patients had no medication review for more than two years Home-visit service at Aneurin Bevan Health Board’s Primary and Community Care Academy also found that over a quarter of patients reported that waste medicines were “automatically ordered by community pharmacies without checking what patients actually needed”.…
All health boards told to include a member of their pharmacy team in ATMP planning In its national review of pharmacy aseptic services, Advanced Therapies Wales has also asked all health boards and NHS trusts to develop an advanced therapy medicinal products action plan by 31 March 2027.…
Pharmacy ‘at the heart’ of Welsh government’s healthcare priorities Mabon ap Gwynfor, cabinet minister for health and care, said that few professions are “as closely aligned to this government's ambitions for health and care as pharmacy”.…
Pharmacy regulator among health bodies committing to joint guidance on AI regulations The Professional Standards Authority said the statement marked the beginning of a "formal collaboration" on AI use in healthcare that would satisfy public trust.…
Healthcare professionals will receive ‘clear and scalable’ psychological support in a future pandemic, government says Lack of data on COVID-19 staff deaths “was seen as a reflection that healthcare workers were not being counted or valued”, the government says in response to an inquiry.…
Proposed neighbourhood contracts too centred on general practice, Royal College of Pharmacy says Arrangements should “explicitly recognise” community pharmacy, says the Royal College of Pharmacy in response to NHS England consultation on provider models.…
