Patient safety

‘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.…

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.…