Behavioural self-assessment tool can encourage medicines adherence The ‘Social, Psychological, Usage and Rational’ tool measures the medicines non-adherence risk of patients by analysing social, psychological, usage and rational drivers.…
A net-zero health plan starts with pharmacy The NHS ten-year health plan’s sustainability goals will be impossible to achieve unless the potential of pharmacy is realised and prioritised.…
Assisted dying drugs ‘would not be considered medicines when used to facilitate suicide’, Lords told The House of Lords Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee was also told that any substances used in assisted dying would undergo “rigorous assessment”.…
The role of pharmacy in delivering the NHS ten-year health plan Attendees at a roundtable hosted by The Pharmaceutical Journal agreed that effective horizon scanning is needed to establish what the pressures on the health service would be in a decade’s time and the need for pharmacy organisations to work together to help shape the future.…
Half of pharmacists say they support assisted dying Exclusive: Results from a survey conducted by The Pharmaceutical Journal have revealed that 54% of pharmacists said they supported assisted dying in principle.…
MHRA sets out plans to speed up access to rare disease therapies The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said “the rulebook for rare disease therapies will be overhauled" to make it quicker and easier to get therapies tested and approved.…
An increased focus on calculation competency as a regulatory requirement has never been more critical A senior lecturer in pharmacy at Kingston University discusses the importance of pharmacy students being able to demonstrate calculations competence before joining the General Pharmaceutical Council prescriber register.…
Pharmacy bodies join forces to urge pharmacy minister ‘to close £2.6bn funding gap’ Senior figures from pharmacy bodies also told pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock that “with the right support” pharmacies can contribute toward the aims of NHS's ten-year health plan via the expansion of services and the shifting of care into the community.…
A new chapter in cancer care: how the Midlands is pioneering NHS–life sciences collaboration Cancer survival in the UK has seen significant improvement over recent decades. Yet, cancer remains the country’s leading cause of premature death. Despite advances in diagnostics and treatment, systemic pressures and persistent inequalities continue to impact patient outcomes — challenges only …
Jhoots boss says he is selling stores to pay staff wages Exclusive: Sarbjit Singh Jhooty has told The Pharmaceutical Journal that he is selling and remortgaging his pharmacy stores as it is “the only way” he can pay staff wages.…
