Members alienated from voting in RPS electionsRecent letters (The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:20) have expressed concern over voter turnout in Royal Pharmaceutical Society pharmacy board elections. I wrote in 2013 ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2013;291:12) suggesting that many members feel alienated from the e…
Hospitals failing to pass on information about patients’ new drugs on discharge A third of hospital trusts admit that they fail to pass on information about new medicines to GPs or carers when patients are discharged, according to an inquiry by Healthwatch England…
Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…
Demonstrating my clinical practice Building my RPS Faculty portfolio seemed daunting at first, but as a prescriber I realised I had plenty of activities that could be used.…
New home for prescribing framework All healthcare professionals who prescribe must follow a common set of principles, and the pharmacy profession is an appropriate steward for a prescribing framework.…
Calls to accelerate uptake of Healthy Living Pharmacy status Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s England board wants faster adoption to boost pharmacy’s public health contribution, but warns that commissioning barriers must be removed first.…
Soni re-elected Royal Pharmaceutical Society president Ash Soni has been re-elected as president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) at a meeting of the RPS assembly on 21 July 2015.…
Hospital e-referral initiative boosts post-discharge MURs in community pharmacies Project highlighted in RPS guide refers patients for medicines reviews to reduce readmission risk.…
‘Urgent reform’ to pharmaceutical care for people with learning disabilities needed, says RPS Current system of care failing to deliver basic standards for patients, Society warns.…
Patricia Clawson diesOn 15 July 2015, Patricia Clawson FRPharmS, aged 71, of The Coplow, The Krons, Norwich NR15 2QX. Mrs Clawson registered with the Society in 1966.…