Politics

Kicking out foreign graduate students will not resolve oversupply problem

We note the recent announcement from the Home Secretary Theresa May suggesting that foreign graduates are forced to return home as soon as they graduate as opposed to finding employment in the UK. With respect to the pharmacy profession and recent comments about the oversupply of pharmacists i…

James Parkinson and the shaking palsy

James Parkinson, who discovered the shaking palsy that established Parkinson’s as a recognised medical condition, died 190 years ago on 21 December 1824…

Pharmacy leaders call on politicians to sign up to community pharmacy manifesto

A manifesto intended to put community pharmacy at the heart of healthcare delivery in primary care has been launched at the House of Commons by Sir Keith Barron, MP.…

Flying the flag for pharmacy

Aileen Bryson, policy and practice lead for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland, highlighted the services provided by pharmacists at the Labour Party Conference…

How do the Conservatives view pharmacy?

Sibby Buckle shares her thoughts from the Conservative Party conference…

All NHS patients will be assigned an ‘accountable GP’ under 2015 contract

All patients in England will have a named GP responsible for co-ordinating their care under changes to the national contract announced on 30 September 2014.…