RPS president: becoming a royal college would give us greater gravitas Six months into the role, Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) President Ash Soni talks to Stephen Robinson about how the Society could become a royal college and why pharmacists will come to be seen as the ‘glue’ holding together the NHS and social care.…
Department of Health presses on with language competency reforms The UK government is pushing ahead with changes to the law that will require all pharmacists who want to practise in the UK to be proficient in English.…
New antibiotics for skin infections get seal of approval from European Medicines Agency Three new antibiotics to treat serious skin infections have been recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency.…
Still not convinced pharmacy student numbers should be cappedIn 2013 I explained in detail why I am in favour of market forces determining the number of students entering the MPharm course ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2013;291:246) rather than a cap being applied. Despite overwhelming correspondence to your journal wanting a cap on stud…
Sanofi and Mannkind launch inhaled insulin in the United StatesSanofi and Mannkind Corporation have launched Afrezza, an inhaled insulin approved to control high blood sugar in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.…
Medicines regulator warns over unlicensed blood plasma productAn unlicensed medicine sold via European websites and which claims to treat HIV, cancer and autism, contains blood plasma never intended for human use.…
Hospital drug shortages are just as important as primary shortagesI found your feature on medicines shortages interesting ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:109). As a former medicines procurement specialist pharmacist and past chairman of the Pharmaceutical Market Support Group (PMSG), I have spent much of the latter part of my career working …
Monday 23 February: South YorkshireLocal practice forum event, ’Alcohol Misuse Update’. The Quadrant, 99 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield S9 4WG. Event 7.30pm, buffet 6.45pm. Book via sec2015@srblpf.org.uk.…
Tuesday 21 April: South Yorkshire and HumberLocal practice forum, ’An update on new treatments for COPD’. Aagrah restaurant, Great North Road, Woodlands, Doncaster DN6 7RA. Event 7.30pm, buffet 6.45pm. Book via sec2015@dashlpf.org.uk.…
UK government accepts recommendations for reforming regulation of healthcare professionals The UK government has broadly accepted the Law Commissions’ recommendations for reforming the regulation of healthcare professionals across the UK.…