Budget unveils 250 neighbourhood health centres and £300m NHS technology investment In a statement published alongside the budget, the government said more than 100 of the neighbourhood health centres would be open by 2030.…
Sadik Al-Hassan: ‘There’s a lot in pharmacy to be hopeful for’ A few weeks into his appointment as chair of the All‑Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy, The Pharmaceutical Journal spoke to Sadik Al-Hassan, a pharmacist and Labour MP, about his hopes and priorities for the future.…
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.…
Promoting public trust in pharmaceutical health systems is ‘critical’ The Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research’s new themed collection highlights the latest research on improving transparency and accountability in pharmaceutical and health systems.…
Jeremy Miles praises ‘incredible’ work of pharmacists and announces review of general practice pharmacy Exclusive: The Welsh cabinet secretary for health and social care said “there is a huge role which pharmacists are playing in a range of settings, and I want to see that grow”.…
Role of pharmacists in supporting children and young people who self-harm Why children and young people engage in self-harming behaviour, with examples of intervention options and how pharmacy workers can take a holistic approach when addressing these complex cases.…
The future pharmacist: empathy, equity and action Senior lecturer Dipa Kamdar shares how she is embedding the topic of health inequalities throughout the pharmacy curriculum at Kingston University.…
House of Lords committee calls for evidence on medicines supply resilience The call for evidence highlights an investigation, conducted by The Pharmaceutical Journal, that found an almost 70% increase in medicines shortages reported to the government between 2021 and 2023.…
Net zero: progress on reducing the environmental impact of medicines Although some progress has been made towards reducing the carbon footprint of medicines within the NHS, experts say there needs to be more focus on medicines waste and disease prevention.…
