Walgreens’ shareholders approve merger with Alliance BootsShareholders of the US pharmacy chain Walgreens have voted in favour of the company’s merger with Alliance Boots after a special meeting on 29 December 2014.…
What is a hospital ship?The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argus, a ship that has been helping with the Ebola crisis in west Africa, is equipped with a 100-bed medical complex, but it cannot be classified as a hospital ship. Roger Poole explains.…
Missing the point of medicines use reviewsMonty Goldin said that medicines use reviews (MURs) cannot be conducted properly without full access to patient records ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2014;293:599) He has misunderstood the point of MURs. It is an opportunity to discuss with a patient the purpose of their medicines a…
Pharmacists to work in A&E departments in NHS England pilotA national pilot of pharmacists working in accident and emergency departments is to start in February 2015, following a trial of the scheme in the West Midlands.…
Pharmacy is in need of a makeover Gavin Birchall believes it is time we looked at ways to improve the visual identity of pharmacy.…
Putting milestones into perspective Emma Graham-Clarke found inspiration from a patient when struggling to complete a list of tasks.…
2014: The Pharmaceutical Journal’s news in review Looking back at some of the biggest news stories from the past year. …
Helping people look younger as an aesthetics practitioner Independent prescriber and pharmacist Tejal Sangani opened her own aesthetics clinic, SaRivaa, in 2011. Here, she explains how her pharmacy background comes in handy.…
Leaders undeterred by missing commissioning plan for pharmacy Pharmacy bodies remain hopeful that pharmacy will play a meaningful role in new models of NHS care, despite the lack of a formal response to the Call to Action consultation.…
Walgreens’s CEO Greg Wasson retires before merger with Alliance Boots is completed Walgreens’s chief executive officer Greg Wasson is to retire and will not head up the company once it completes its merger with Alliance Boots, in a change to previous plans.…