Professional judgement in pharmacy

Performing a physical examination on a patient when prescribing

An introduction to the main techniques and approaches prescribers can use when performing a physical examination.…

Quality improvement in pharmacy practice

An overview of the quality improvement philosophy, the common methods, tools and approaches used with pharmacy examples showing how it can continuously improve practice.…

Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults: identification, diagnosis and management

All healthcare professionals who support people with diabetes should be aware of this complex medical emergency so that they can recognise red flag symptoms.…

How to use clinical reasoning in pharmacy

How pharmacists can develop and incorporate clinical reasoning processes in practice, using a case example to highlight the approach.…

Pharmacists’ Defence Association says professional standards will benefit corporate employers

Proposed new professional standards for pharmacists have been condemned as “Orwellian” by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association, which says the standards have been designed to benefit large corporate pharmacy employers.…

Boots makes legal complaints against The Guardian newspaper

Boots UK has made legal complaints against The Guardian in relation to several articles following its April 2016 investigation, which alleged that the pharmacy chain had placed undue pressure on its pharmacists to perform medicines use reviews so that it could claim the maximum payments possible fro…

Standards for pharmacy professionals modernised

The General Pharmaceutical Council has rewritten its standards for pharmacy professionals, with the aim of providing the regulatory framework required for the evolving roles and working practices of the profession.…

Shining a light on drug company payments to healthcare professionals

From 2016 the UK public will be able to find out whether their doctor receives payments from drug companies – but is disclosure a good thing?…

Issue of professionalism sparks debate at Pharmacy Show

The people who own and control pharmacies have a responsibility to create a working environment that allows professionalism to flourish.…

General Pharmaceutical Council to review standards on conduct, ethics and performance

The pharmacy regulator is to review its core standards for pharmacists in light of increased demands being placed on pharmacy.…