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.…
Regulator ends project on anonymising ethnicity data in fitness-to-practise cases The General Pharmaceutical Council said unclear evidence on the impact of the scheme meant it could not justify committing further resources to continue it.…
Patients involved in design of fewer than one-fifth of published trials, research shows For articles reporting on randomised controlled trials, published between 2015 and 2023, the researchers found that 18% included patient and public involvement.…
