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.…
Community pharmacy workforce figures fall despite overall growth in register Number of full-time equivalent pharmacists in England decreases by 14% since 2021, despite the General Pharmaceutical Council’s pharmacist register showing a growth of 2% since 2020, report shows.…
Government accepts all 44 recommendations from regulation of AI in healthcare report The government said its acceptance commits the UK to develop a “world-leading agile approach to AI device regulation” that would support innovation while maintaining patient safety.…
Nine in ten patients had ‘clinically relevant’ genetic variation in pharmacogenomics pilot The PROGRESS trial for pharmacogenomic guided prescribing in primary care enrolled more than 1,300 patients across 21 sites.…
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.…
Overcoming impostor syndrome and making a difference on the UKCPA neuroscience committee Impostor syndrome is a problem many people face while breaking into a sector — especially pharmacy — but how does one build confidence and succeed?…
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”.…
A service evaluation of NHS prescription ordering direct in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board Repeat prescribing generates substantial workload within general practice and can contribute to avoidable medicines waste across the NHS. Prescription ordering direct (POD) services aim to centralise repeat prescription ordering processes and support patients to take greater control of their medicin…
Invest in aseptic services for future of specialised medicines, says chief pharmacist The chief pharmacist at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the introduction of genetically modified organisms means “more specialist facilities are required”.…
Trust linked to sickle cell death had failed electronic patient record standards A patient died as a result of multi-organ failure owing to sickle cell crisis, following a delay in referrals as they moved between teams at an NHS trust.…
