Prescribing pathfinders: what’s stopping community pharmacy delivering care for long-term conditions? A closer look at the University of Manchester’s evaluation of NHS England’s pathfinder project.…
Almost half of online pharmacies not inspected within six months of registration Exclusive: The General Pharmaceutical Council told The Pharmaceutical Journal that its inspections were sometimes delayed longer than six months owing to scheduling problems or if the registration was relocated.…
All ex-Jhoots pharmacies taken over by Allied Pharmacies to reopen The company has also confirmed that all staff that have moved over to Allied Pharmacies will receive backdated pay.…
National pharmacy stop-smoking service could support more than 200,000 quit attempts annually The Company Chemists’ Association said a national walk-in pharmacy service would offer a single, consistent route for patients looking to quit smoking.…
Everything you need to know about GLP-1s for weight loss From semaglutide to tirzepatide, this article collates the latest information on pharmacological weight-loss treatments, including evidence and best practice for their use.…
Pharmacies to deliver HPV ‘catch-up’ vaccines and early cancer detection under national cancer plan In its national cancer plan, the government has announced that pharmacies will offer ‘catch-up’ human papillomavirus vaccinations to young patients who missed their dose at school.…
Preceptorship: the key to unlocking advanced pharmacist practice By implementing preceptorship programmes across pharmacy teams, leaders have an opportunity to guide workforce development by evidence and strategy, rather than chance or goodwill.…
The unexpected importance of workplace resilience in pharmacy practice In an introduction to a series of learning articles on improving resilience within pharmacy, Zubin Austin explains how his team discovered the outsized impact that managerial decisions can have on staff wellbeing.…
Tobacco companies should fund national community pharmacy ‘stop smoking’ service, says report Recommendations by AstraZeneca in partnership with several pharmacy bodies have also called for the ‘NHS health check’ to be offered in community pharmacies.…
Prescribing error led to death of baby, says coroner A newborn patient was wrongly prescribed sodium acid phosphate instead of sodium chloride, leading to an overdose, a report from the coroner for Inner West London found.…
