Pharmacist prescribers say public and professionals do not understand role Pharmacist prescribers say their skills and knowledge are underused because some health professionals and patients fail to understand what they can do, according to the results of a survey released by the General Pharmaceutical Council.…
RPS pharmacy board election results announced There was a 16.4% rise in the number of votes in the 2016 RPS national pharmacy board elections compared with 2015.…
Meet the regional finalists of I Love My Pharmacist: London and Kent The public has until 21 July 2016 to vote for their favourite regional finalist of the 2016 I Love My Pharmacist Award. The pharmacist with the highest number of votes in each region will then meet with the judging panel who will decide the 2016 champion.…
Meet the regional finalists of I Love My Pharmacist: Scotland The public has until 21 July 2016 to vote for their favourite regional finalist of the 2016 I Love My Pharmacist Award. The pharmacist with the highest number of votes in each region will then meet with the judging panel who will decide the 2016 champion.…
Antidepressants increasingly being used for other medical conditions Primary care physicians are increasingly prescribing antidepressants for conditions other than depression, including off-label indications, data from Canada show.…
If elected to the RPS pharmacy board, what will be your top two priorities? Candidates explain what their top two priorities will be if they are elected to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society pharmacy board.…
Wales has highest number of prescriptions per head of population among UK countries Wales dispensed the highest number of prescription items per head of population in 2015 compared with other countries in the UK, according to official statistics.…
Drug switching could save US health system billions Drug classes with the highest excess expenditure in the United States are statins, atypical antipsychotics and proton pump inhibitors, study finds.…
Nuffield Trust highlights efficiencies pharmacists can bring to GP practices Pharmacists working in surgeries can cut the time GPs would normally spend on medicines management and prescribing issues by nearly half, according to a report by the Nuffield Trust.…
NHS making slow progress with antibiotic resistance guidelines, patient charity warns The Patients Association has criticised health service commissioners in England for their slow progress in implementing the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) antimicrobial stewardship guidance (AMS) aimed at slowing the development of antibiotic resistance. …