Hospital pharmacist time spent on clinical activities stalls at 75% Hospital pharmacists spent around 75% of their time on clinical pharmacy work in 2019 — a slight drop on the previous year.…
Pharmacist-led medication reviews free 28 hours of GP time A redesigned clinical pharmacist-managed medication review process has enabled GPs in the Midlands to provide 168 more appointments per month.…
Top ten most popular opinion articles of 2019 The Pharmaceutical Journal wasn’t short of strong views this year — whether it was a criticism of clinical guidance or a defence of the pharmacy profession. Here are the opinions that resonated most with you in 2019.…
Before the dawn: the tough regulatory climate holding back insomnia relief A new class of sleep medicines, could provide relief for people living with insomnia, but pharmaceutical companies are struggling to bring them to the market.…
Gino Martini delivers 2019 Todd Lecture Therapy needs to become more proactive and less “casualty-based” as more people live to an advanced age, Gino Martini, chief sceintist at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has said.…
Primary care networks given more time to transition GP pharmacists GP pharmacists, funded by NHS England’s clinical pharmacist scheme, have been given an extra two months to start working in primary care networks.…
Pharmacists must embrace pharmacogenetic services before other professions beat them to it Multidisciplinary genetic testing services will help patients receive more targeted medicines, and pharmacists are the obvious healthcare professional to lead them.…
Genomics project to see £160m industry investment as part of disease detection programme Businesses and charities are expected to invest up to £160m to help support research into the early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases as part of the Accelerating Detection of Disease programme.…
HEE told it must train 500 clinical pharmacists in 2019/2020 Health Education England has been tasked with training 500 clinical pharmacists for roles in general practice by the end of 2019/2020, the Department of Health and Social Care has said in its annual mandate.…
Pharmacokinetic considerations and challenges in oral anticancer drug therapy A review of the pros and cons of oral anticancer drug therapy, as well as the pharmacokinetic barriers and potential solutions to oral chemotherapy in the home.…