Pharmacists will have to be competent in speaking English to practise in the UK All pharmacists, even UK nationals, will in future have to be competent in speaking English if they want to practise in the UK, under new proposals.…
Contaminated batches of Zovirax eye ointment recalledContaminated batches of Zovirax (aciclovir) eye ointment are being recalled after metal particles were found in an ingredient used in its manufacture.…
UK medicines regulator appoints Michael Rawlins as chairmanThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has appointed Michael Rawlins as its chairman from 1 December 2014.…
Growth at the heart of new GPhC strategy The General Pharmaceutical Council has published a new strategy with a focus on improving the quality of the pharmacy profession and outcomes for patients.…
How does lack of anonymity facilitate shared learning in error reporting? Why Joy Wingfield is concerned about the decision to abolish anonymity for community pharmacies in reporting errors before the decriminalisation of dispensing errors has become a reality.…
Smart drugs worth £200,000 seized in the UKA haul of “smart drugs” with a street value of £200,000 has been seized in the UK. …
Almost all pharmacies rated satisfactory, with few considered to be good or excellent More than 90% of the first pharmacies inspected by the General Pharmaceutical Council under its new inspection model were considered satisfactory, while only a handful were rated good and hardly any were judged to be excellent.…
Green light for first treatment to target ovarian cancer with BRCA mutation The European Medicines Agency has recommended that Lynparza (olaparib) be approved to combat a type of ovarian cancer for which there are limited treatment options.…
First drug for rare sun disease recommended for approval in Europe The European Medicines Agency recommends that Scenesse (afamelanotide) should be approved for the prevention of severe sunburn in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria.…
CPS will not act against pharmacist whose error led to patient’s deathA pharmacist involved in a dispensing error that led to the death of a patient is being investigated by the General Pharmaceutical Council.…