Patients

Pharmacists should review every patient after a depression diagnosis, says RPS

Pharmacists in England should play a greater role in supporting people with mental health problems and help eradicate inequalities in their care, according to a new report published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.…

Person-centred over patient-centred care: not just semantics

How does the technology giant’s marketing approach relate to person-centred care in health?…

Diabetes should be grouped into five types, rather than two, to tailor early treatment, researchers say

Classifying diabetes patients into five types, rather than two, may help to tailor and target early treatment.…

Health Select Committee calls for Brexit clarity to protect patient care

Patient care, both in the UK and Europe, is at risk unless there is a clear plan on what Brexit will mean for the health service, a senior Conservative MP has warned the secretary of state for health and social care.…

Pharmacy-run anticoagulation service delivers ‘enhanced clinical outcomes’

Community pharmacy is “ideally placed” to provide a safe anticoagulation service for patients needing warfarin monitoring…

Urgent medicine pharmacy service prevents a quarter of patients from going without drugs

Just under one in four patients would have gone without their medicine if a pharmacist had not supplied it via the NHS Urgent Medicines Supply Advanced Service…

UCL/RPS New Year lecture: Tackling health inequalties in the UK, now and post-Brexit

The slowing in the rate of increase of life expectancy in the UK is “as urgent as our winter bed crisis and should be taken as seriously”…

New toolkit addresses the challenges of health literacy

Health Education England has launched a free toolkit to help health staff tackle the challenges caused by low levels of health literacy…

The implications of the Montgomery judgment on pharmacy practice and patients with learning disability

The judgment in Montgomery v Lanarkshire (Scotland) 2015 introduced a new definition of informed consent which has implications for all healthcare professionals. This article focuses specifically on the implications for pharmacy practice and patients with learning disability. During consultations, b…

Health literacy, medication adherence and thriving healthcare systems: connecting the dots

Medication adherence is not only the mantra of modern medicine, but also the catalyst to achieve prevention, cure, and wellbeing.…