Coroner flags lack of clarity around expanded role of community pharmacists under Pharmacy First A coroner has questioned methotrexate guidance after a patient died after developing methotrexate-induced pancytopenia and pneumonia.…
Prescribing dilemma: balancing risk and benefit when prescribing anticoagulation in an older patient with falls risk This real-world dilemma examines the decision-making process when considering anticoagulation in older patients.…
RPS calls for mandatory 2D barcodes on medicines packs Since the UK left the EU in 2020, the Falsified Medicines Directive has not applied, meaning manufacturers have not been required to list certain information on medicines packaging.…
Over-the-counter medicines are being purchased by children as young as 13 years, reveals survey Overall, more than half of the survey respondents had used over-the-counter medicines in a six-month period.…
Two-fifths of children have seen weight-loss drugs online despite ban The results of a survey conducted by the Children’s Commissioner revealed that girls were more likely than boys to see adverts for weight-loss injections online.…
Health news round-up: medicines in pregnancy, GLP-1s and eating disorders, and new cancer treatments A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…
‘Two double decker buses’ worth of illegal erectile dysfunction drugs seized by MHRA The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency seized over 4.4 million doses of unlicensed erectile dysfunction medicines in 2025 alone.…
Using pharmaceutical prioritisation tools to improve patient care How evidence-based tools can be used to improve the prioritisation of patients based on clinical need.…
Coroner raises concern over access to patient records for pharmacists in Wales A patient died after taking one drug for a chest infection and another for high cholesterol, which were contraindicated.…
The dark side of the ‘miracle jab’: why eating disorder safety cannot be an afterthought As the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists increases, so must our awareness of patients who have an eating disorder or who are at risk of developing one.…
