Lloydspharmacy offers minor ailments and injuries service in A&E Lloydspharmacy has established a minor ailments and injuries service in a hospital casualty department in a partnership with the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in Manchester.…
Pharmacy assistants provide solution to omitted medicines doses New research suggests that pharmacy assistants can help to ensure that hospital patients receive all their prescribed doses of medicines.…
Bestway rebrands Co-operative pharmacies as ‘Well’ and reveals business plans Bestway, the new owners of The Co-operative Pharmacy, has announced a £200m investment plan with a target of 220 more premises in the next three years.…
Stress balls reduce surgical anxiety, partners don’tResearch suggests that patients undergoing surgery experience less anxiety and pain when they are distracted.…
Regulator set to develop guidance for pharmacist prescribersThe General Pharmaceutical Council is considering producing its own guidance for pharmacist prescribers as it expects the role to develop.…
Interim report reveals ‘positive outcomes’ from Welsh common ailment service Conjunctivitis, vaginal thrush, hay fever and head lice have been the conditions treated most often through the Welsh common ailment service.…
One-stop dispensing has had its day — time to embrace technology Hospitals should explore the use of technology to help streamline the inpatient medicine supply process for the benefit of patients and staff.…
Providing medicines information for community, hospital and the pharmaceutical industry Medicines information pharmacists provide a specialist service across community and hospital pharmacy, as well as within the pharmaceutical industry. What does the role involve and what skills do you need to do it?…
Annual renewal fee for pharmacists set to rise by 4.2%The annual renewal fee for pharmacists to register to practise in the UK could rise by 4.2% from £240 to £250 from October 2015.…
How to get hospital experience as a pharmacy studentFourth-year pharmacy student Alisha Sodhi shares her advice for securing adhoc shadowing experiences and placements in hospitals…