Society, law and politics

Former health secretary elected as chair of health and social care select committee

Jeremy Hunt, former health and social care secretary, has been elected as chair of the House of Commons health and social care select committee.…

Regulator committed to breaking down the profession’s barriers to those with disabilities

I was very sorry to read about the author’s experiences in their blog ‘How the pharmacy profession disregarded me and my disability and why it must change’. The author, who wished to remain anonymous, should not have had to face these barriers during their education and training, o…

Pharmacists are anything but ‘pretend doctors’

Pharmacists do much more than just dispense medicines, says hospital pharmacist Fatema Mamdani.…

How the pharmacy profession disregarded me and my disability, and why it must change

One pharmacist’s experience of discrimination, owing to their disabilities, shows that the profession still has a long way to go towards equality.…

Pharmacies are facing ‘notable’ financial fragility, Ernst and Young report finds

Pharmacies are facing “a notable fragility” in their finances, a professional advisory report has said, after it found that more than half of the pharmacies it sampled to be facing a deficit.…

Five legal protections soon-to-be or new parents should know about

Whether pregnant or returning to a career in pharmacy, there are several ways the law protects new parents.…

Study finds no link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer

A study by the US National Institute of Environmental Health Science has found no link between ovarian cancer use of talcum powder.…

Pay and leave entitlements for working parents

The legal rights new parents need to know to help in balancing their pharmacy career with caring for babies and children.…

Top ten most popular opinion articles of 2019

The Pharmaceutical Journal wasn’t short of strong views this year — whether it was a criticism of clinical guidance or a defence of the pharmacy profession. Here are the opinions that resonated most with you in 2019.…

Pharmacy incurs first ever UK data protection fine worth £275k

A London pharmacy has been fined £275,000 for its “cavalier attitude to data protection”, having left 500,000 patient records in an unsecured location since at least May 2018.…