Palliative care

Patient access to 24/7 palliative care medicines is ‘insufficient’, finds House of Commons-commissioned report

The report also suggested that there was a “postcode lottery” in integrated care board provision of palliative care and end-of-life services.…

Health news round-up: new biosimilars, vaccine effectiveness and supporting patients ageing with HIV

A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed.…

Lead paediatric palliative care pharmacists should be part of local plans, says RPS

In its updated palliative care policy, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society advised that families and medical colleagues would benefit from the medicines expertise of a specialist paediatric palliative care pharmacist.…

Health news round-up: Vaccines, male contraception and medicines mix-ups

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news you may have missed.…

Assisted dying drugs ‘would not be considered medicines when used to facilitate suicide’, Lords told

The House of Lords Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee was also told that any substances used in assisted dying would undergo “rigorous assessment”.…

Half of pharmacists say they support assisted dying

Exclusive: Results from a survey conducted by The Pharmaceutical Journal have revealed that 54% of pharmacists said they supported assisted dying in principle.…

Health news round-up: community pharmacy services, medicines, obesity and ageing

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news.…

Case-based learning: frailty

The number of older people living with frailty is increasing. Pharmacists play a major role in medicines optimisation in these patients.…

Hospice UK calls for national standard in community pharmacy palliative care

The report has also identified opportunities to “strengthen education and training in palliative care and bereavement support for rural pharmacists”.…