Pharmacist

NHS App to include pharmacy finder

The Department of Health and Social Care said the updated NHS App will include an AI tool to help patients find their nearest pharmacy, as well as best-rated providers of other clinical services.…

Enhancing parenteral nutrition services: a quality improvement project highlighting the clinical and operational role of pharmacists

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a high-cost, high-risk therapy, essential for patients with intestinal failure or critical malabsorption, yet it presents logistical and clinical challenges, particularly regarding appropriate use and safe delivery. Inappropriate PN prescribing can increase the risk of m…

Patients want more diversity in clinical trials, report finds

In the report on public and clinician views on the lifecycle of medicines, patients also called for making it easier to take part in research.…

Sam Appiah-Anane: ‘We should all really be allies for each other’

The president of the UK Black Pharmacist Association discusses the organisation's mentoring programme and its efforts to support black pharmacists.…

Pharmacists recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

A London-based community pharmacist and a former head of pharmacy and medicines management at the Western Health and Social Care Trust have been recognised for their services to pharmacy.…

NHS App to be used to recruit patients for clinical trials

The Department of Health and Social Care said it is particularly encouraging underrepresented groups, such as people from ethnic minority backgrounds, to sign up to trials.…

Why I set up a pharmacist-led one-stop diabetes clinic in my GP practice

How the introduction of a pharmacist-led diabetes clinic has helped to free up GP time and reduce overall hospital admissions, while educating patients on essential care processes.…

More than two-thirds of locums have experienced a drop in available shifts, survey finds

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association survey also found that locum pharmacists were working less than they would like to.…

Government commits to introducing pharmacy supervision legislation later in 2025

According to a parliamentary answer from pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock, the government will publish its response to its own consultation over supervision changes “later this year”.…

Chief pharmacists call for medicines leadership to be ‘fundamental component’ of strategic commissioning system

In a letter to NHS England, four integrated care board chief pharmacists said that they must shape and lead on medicines at a time of NHS change.…