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.…
Health news round-up: travel warnings, AMR in children, and the latest on medicine supply A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…
Prescribing pathfinders: what’s stopping community pharmacy delivering care for long-term conditions? A closer look at the University of Manchester’s evaluation of NHS England’s pathfinder project.…
Almost half of online pharmacies not inspected within six months of registration Exclusive: The General Pharmaceutical Council told The Pharmaceutical Journal that its inspections were sometimes delayed longer than six months owing to scheduling problems or if the registration was relocated.…
Medicine shortages are ‘national security issue’, says Lords committee report The House of Lords Public Services Committee also recommended that medicines supply risks should be added to the National Risk Register, which outlines the most serious risks facing the UK…
Patient safety commissioner to approach PM over ‘disappointing’ delay to valproate compensation Henrietta Hughes said that nearly two years after publishing ‘The Hughes report’, patients harmed by valproate use are still waiting for a decision on financial redress.…
Class 1 recall issued for quetiapine oral suspension A national patient safety alert said that pharmacy teams must immediately stop supplying affected products, as well as quarantine and return any remaining stock.…
Prescribing error led to death of baby, says coroner A newborn patient was wrongly prescribed sodium acid phosphate instead of sodium chloride, leading to an overdose, a report from the coroner for Inner West London found.…
Two-prescriber sign-off no longer required for isotretinoin The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said that scrapping the two-prescriber requirement will address delays in access to acne treatment for patients aged under 18 years old.…
Drug consumption room pilot records more than 1,000 injecting episodes in a month According to latest service data on The Thistle, a drug consumption facility in Glasgow, 560 people used the site's services more than 10,000 times in 2025.…
