Lecturer wins The Pharmaceutical Journal and RPS’s inaugural early-career researcher award Victoria Speed, a senior anticoagulation pharmacist and clinical informatician, was also recognised as ‘highly commended’.…
Pharmacy is failing patients with language barriers — we must do better A vast improvement in language barrier services is needed to help the NHS evolve and meet the needs of the country's diverse population.…
Only pharmacists have signed up to postgraduate pharmacogenomics course Exclusive: The course, run by Bangor University, had 16 participants in its first year, all of whom were pharmacists.…
Claire Anderson re-elected as RPS president for a second term Speaking at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Assembly meeting, Claire Anderson said she had decided to stand for president again to offer the Society “much needed continuity”.…
‘Several’ universities planning new MPharm courses, says Pharmacy Schools Council The pharmacy body welcomed the NHS's 'Long-term workforce plan', but warned that capacity and funding will be important challenges.…
NHS Education for Scotland creates three roles to boost advanced pharmacist practitioners The programme leads will be tasked with helping health boards plan and implement advanced practice pilots, while working to increase the number of designated prescribing practitioners across community pharmacy.…
Writing patient notes: a guide for pharmacists An overview of how to write clear, accurate and well-structured patient notes.…
An evaluation of pharmacy undergraduate clinical placements in a UK mental health and learning disabilities trust All undergraduate pharmacy degrees in the UK must meet standards set out by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and this includes the provision of experiential learning in pharmacy settings[1,2]. Providing high-quality experiential learning in mental health settings can contribute toward…
Patients facing language barriers receive worse care, say majority of pharmacy professionals Survey respondents reported a lack of clarity on when language barrier services should be used in NHS trust settings.…
Trainee pharmacist wins trade union equality award after campaign for greater inclusivity in pharmacy education Soh Xi Ken has been working with the General Pharmaceutical Council, Pharmacy Schools Council and individual universities to raise awareness of the need for inclusive education.…