Almost 7 million blood pressure checks delivered in community pharmacies since service began NHS England data show that more than 1 million patients received a blood pressure check via the hypertension case-finding service in the top 10% most deprived areas in England.…
Is the government’s pricing dispute with industry affecting medicines access for patients? The threshold that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence uses to approve the use of medicines on the NHS hasn’t increased for two decades — this may need to change to ensure patients are able to access new, effective medicines.…
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.…
