Atrial fibrillation guideline updates How the latest clinical guidelines change the management of a cardiac arrhythmia affecting 1% of adults in the UK.…
Researchers question value of NHS Health Checks delivered by GPsNHS health checks may not be any better than usual GP practice care in increasing the prevalence of the diseases they were designed to target.…
GSK’s malaria vaccine shows 45% efficacy in children An ongoing phase III study in Africa indicates that vaccination of children and young infants with RTS,S/AS01 prevented many cases of clinical and severe malaria.…
Community pharmacy handbook launched by RPS Faculty Starting to build a professional portfolio can be daunting but the RPS Faculty has a new resource for pharmacists in the community.…
Explore the latest MEP The 38th edition of ‘Medicines, Ethics and Practice’ was distributed to RPS members in July. Rakhee Amin, on behalf of the RPS Support team, explains what is new in the resource.…
Quality control of clinical information Pharmacist Nicola Clargo describes her chance career in medical informatics and how it gives her the opportunity to make a difference to patient safety.…
Audience choice winners reflect on their Pharmaceutical Care Awards projectA team from Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust scooped the audience choice award at the Pharmaceutical Care Awards 2014 for a project that enabled care home residents to become more involved with decisions about their medicines. David Campbell and Steve Barrett explain why they believe…
Focus on quality RPS professional support pharmacist Wing Tang explains how the PharmacyQS.com hub can help pharmacy teams embed quality in the services they offer.…
Putting clinical information at your fingertips Harvinder Sondh uses his background as a pharmacist to help design online tools to assist pharmacists and pharmacutical scientists.…