Pharmacists cut medication errors and costs on diabetes and endocrinology wards, study results show The number of reported medication incidents decreased by 100% during the eight-week study period.…
Continuity of care and reducing risk during transitions of care This article considers the evidence of interventions to reduce risk during transitions of care and explains best practice for pharmacy teams.…
MHRA to review blood monitoring requirements for clozapine patients Starting in summer 2025, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will seek views on ways to improve awareness of patient risks related to clozapine.…
Coroner writes to ICB following death of patient who took too many of their prescribed drugs The ‘Prevention of future deaths’ report, published on 16 April 2025, was issued following the death of patient who was waiting for mental health support.…
Regulators issue warning over prescription-only weight-loss drug advertisements An enforcement notice has warned that prohibitions include non paid-for content on social media, sponsored searches on search engines and influencer marketing.…
Regulator warns pharmacists to ensure patient safety when selling unregulated products In a letter to pharmacy technicians and owners, the General Pharmaceutical Council has warned that non-medicinal and unlicensed products being supplied by pharmacies “have potentially caused serious harm”.…
‘Serious gap’ in safe access to medicines for people with sensory impairment, report finds In a report, the patient safety commissioner for England recommends a funding review to support additional resources to improve access to medicines for those with sensory impairments.…
Online pharmacies more than twice as likely to fail regulatory standards, finds analysis Exclusive: An analysis conducted by The Pharmaceutical Journal has found that between April 2024 and January 2025, 10% of distance-selling pharmacies failed General Pharmaceutical Council inspections compared with 5% of high street pharmacies.…
The big online pharmacy clampdown Distance-selling pharmacies continue to fail inspections at a higher rate than their bricks-and-mortar counterparts. Will the General Pharmaceutical Council’s latest guidance successfully clamp down on rogue operators, or is more action needed?…
Patients in emergency departments should be supported to self-administer time-critical medicines, says royal college Advice produced with the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association urges that emergency departments should hold self-administered time-critical medicines to the same monitoring and governance oversight standards as non self-administered medicines.…
