Tase Oputu on the Royal College of Pharmacy’s first six months Six months after the launch of the Royal College of Pharmacy, its first president, Tase Oputu, sets out her priorities for the College and the profession.…
Two in three housebound patients had no medication review for more than two years Home-visit service at Aneurin Bevan Health Board’s Primary and Community Care Academy also found that over a quarter of patients reported that waste medicines were “automatically ordered by community pharmacies without checking what patients actually needed”.…
Invest in aseptic services for future of specialised medicines, says chief pharmacist The chief pharmacist at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the introduction of genetically modified organisms means “more specialist facilities are required”.…
Hypertension pilot demonstrated pharmacy management of long-term conditions The results of a hypertension case-finding pilot highlighted that patients with long-term conditions can be identified and managed in community pharmacies.…
How effective deployment of pharmacy technicians could free up GPs time Pharmacy technicians are well positioned to support medicines optimisation, prescribing safety and workforce sustainability.…
Pharmacy Inside Jobs: ophthalmology Ed Hindle talks about his role as an advanced specialist pharmacist at Moorfields Eye Hospital, managing the care of patients with uveitis, a rare condition that causes inflammation inside the eye.…
Almost half of pharmacy owners cut staff because of cost pressures in the past year, survey finds The results of Community Pharmacy Wales' annual pressure survey also showed that nearly two-thirds of community pharmacy contractors said their businesses' current financial position was worse than this time last year.…
Negotiator says there is ‘very little evidence’ of pharmacy involvement in neighbourhood health plans Janet Morrison, chief executive of Community Pharmacy England, said she only knew of “two or three” cases where pharmacy was involved in the planning of new neighbourhood health services.…
Core advanced credentialing: lessons from a hospital pilot programme Hospital pharmacists are developing advanced practice every day, but often without the support to evidence it. Barts Health NHS Trust is piloting an employer-led approach to get them credential-ready.…
Pharmacy ‘at the heart’ of Welsh government’s healthcare priorities Mabon ap Gwynfor, cabinet minister for health and care, said that few professions are “as closely aligned to this government's ambitions for health and care as pharmacy”.…
