Cathrine McKenzie appointed as UK’s first professor of intensive care pharmacy The inaugural professor of intensive care pharmacy in the UK aims to provide new advances in pharmacy for intensive care patients.…
Health Innovation Network’s polypharmacy programme comes to an end The National Polypharmacy Programme has supported over 2,000 healthcare professionals to address overprescribing since its launch in 2022.…
The value of leadership in medication safety Pharmacy leadership is central to reducing medication harm, empowering staff and delivering high-value safety improvements across the NHS, argues Tony Jamieson.…
CPPE launches training for pharmacy staff to support patients with long COVID The e-learning programme was developed in partnership with the PHARM-LC study researchers, who consulted with people who have long COVID and sought views of pharmacy teams on how best to support them.…
Pharmacy teams facing abuse after ‘high numbers’ of ineligible patients book COVID-19 vaccinations Pharmacy teams have reported having to spend a large amount of unfunded time explaining COVID vaccination eligibility to patients, some of whom have become angry and abusive.…
Health news round-up: mosquitoes, new HIV guidelines and research into cannabis and psilocybin Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news.…
Expanding community pharmacy services could save NHS almost £4bn The National Pharmacy Association also notes that the data in its report equate to “over 100,000 years of additional healthy life per annum" for patients.…
Redefining the pharmacist of the future Pharmacy is moving in an exciting clinical direction but, unless early career pathway opportunities are broadened, the profession risks losing valuable talent.…
Valproate in pregnancy reaches lowest level yet, data suggest Sodium valproate prescriptions for women and girls aged 12 to 54 years have almost halved since measures were introduced to reduce prescribing in April 2018.…
Polypharmacy programme could have saved NHS more than £1m, report finds The Health Innovation Network’s polypharmacy programme provided training and support to healthcare professionals to tackle overprescribing, as well as developing resources to improve communication with patients.…
