Pharmaceutical sciences

Welsh government backs RPS Wales plan to transform hospital pharmacy

The Welsh government has accepted all 36 recommendations made by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales in a review of hospital pharmacy in the country.…

Improving safety of warfarin prescribing and administration using clinical decision support

There are several benefits of electronic prescribing and medication administration (EPMA) systems, including the ability to support the reduction in medication omission errors​[1,2]​. Researchers suggest that medication administration errors account for ju…

NICE recommends drug treatment for long-term insomnia

Daridorexant has been recommended as a second-line treatment for long-term insomnia by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.…

Pharmacists asked for views on implementing pharmacogenetics in the NHS

Participants in a survey will be presented with a series of hypothetical options related to using pharmacogenetics in the prescribing process, as part of a pilot programme.…

Clopidogrel may be less effective in British South Asian patients, study results suggest

The study authors concluded that non-CYP2C19-dependent antiplatelet agents would likely have a "disproportionate benefit" in the British South Asian population.…

Do antihypertensive medicines increase the risk of depression?

A review of the evidence to examine whether exposure to antihypertensive medicines is linked with depression.…

NHS saved £78m on ‘low priority’ medicines in 2022/2023

NHS England had previously said a change in prescribing guidance could save ‘up to £141m’ annually.…

MPharm students to be able to dispense medicines on undergraduate clinical placements

The University of Bath has produced a list of 47 entrustable professional activities that MPharm students can undertake during supervised clinical placements.…

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.…

Children and young people with asthma: pharmacological management and monitoring

The second of our two-part series on asthma in children and young people outlines pharmacological management and appropriate monitoring of the condition.…