Why pairing up with a psychologist helped to reduce risky opioid prescribing Pharmacist Lis Farquhar has found that working with psychologist Vivienne Laidler has allowed them to better approach their patients' reliance on opioids.…
How effective conversations can lead to better patient outcomes Patients must be involved in decisions about their care for treatment to be most effective.…
Considerations for effective and person-centred virtual consultations Nine practical tips and advice for pharmacists offering virtual consultations to patients.…
Extra 165 places made available for independent prescriber training in first three months of 2022 The national workforce strategy also pledges to create an additional 89 preregistration training places in Scotland by 2024/2025.…
Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults: identification, diagnosis and management All healthcare professionals who support people with diabetes should be aware of this complex medical emergency so that they can recognise red flag symptoms.…
Funded post-registration foundation pharmacist programme to begin in Wales The programme will start in September 2022 and is being offered by Cardiff University with Health Education and Improvement Wales.…
Why I have changed my approach to see the patient, not the disease Komal Vadday, senior specialist pharmacist in hepatology, highlights the importance of treating each patient as an individual and not defining them by their diagnosis.…
More than a third of NHS trusts have no ethnic minority pharmacists at senior levels Exclusive: Of 87 NHS trusts and health boards across Great Britain that provided latest data, 34.5% do not employ pharmacists from ethnic minority backgrounds at NHS 'Agenda for change' band 8b or above.…
Case-based learning: psoriasis management in community pharmacy How pharmacy teams should respond to a patient requesting advice and further information when presenting at the pharmacy with a new prescription for the treatment of plaque psoriasis.…
How to use clinical reasoning in pharmacy How pharmacists can develop and incorporate clinical reasoning processes in practice, using a case example to highlight the approach.…