Delay to planned management change of NHS smartcard systemA planned change to the management of the smartcard system used by pharmacists in England when accessing the electronic prescription service has been delayed.…
Medicines regulator amends conflict of interest rules to ensure suitability of experts The European Medicines Agency has amended its policy on handling declarations of interest to ensure pharmaceutical experts are not unduly excluded.…
Provision of pharmacy services in England has increased, statistics show The number of medicines use reviews and new medicine service interventions has risen steadily in England’s community pharmacies.…
Cochrane researchers call for better ways of studying medicines adherenceMethods to improve patients’ adherence to medicines are generally unproven and there is an urgent need to develop more effective approaches, say researchers.…
The long struggle to ensure prudent use of antibioticsDéjà vu was the overwhelming reaction I had to the feature on strategies to reduce the use of antibiotics in animals ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2014;293:517 ). When I was an assistant secretary of the former Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great…
NHS staff in Wales to receive 1% consolidated pay riseNHS staff in Wales on ‘Agenda for change’ pay scales will receive a 1% consolidated pay rise from April 2015 in a deal agreed between unions and the Welsh government.…
Government-backed plan supports greater role for pharmacy in management of high blood pressureCommunity pharmacists should be commissioned to provide services that improve the management of people with high blood pressure or those who are at risk.…
GPhC reviews fitness-to-practise guidelines Pharmacists who are dishonest with patients when care goes wrong could be removed from the professional register, the General Pharmaceutical Council has proposed.…
NHS strikes: goodwill is a two-way process Dave Thornton explains why the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists supports the industrial strike action over pay.…
Hospital workers wash their hands less frequently as their shifts progress Hospital employees who work with patients wash their hands less frequently as they get deeper into their shifts, a study finds.…