Prescription charge overhaul would raise £1bn a year for NHS, says think tank A leading think tank is advising the government to review prescription charges in England to raise an additional £1bn a year to help fund NHS and social care in the future.…
Cancer drug fund top-up highlights value and price of innovation Extra money for the Cancer Drugs Fund is welcome, giving treatment options to patients with cancers previously considered untreatable, while NICE must be in a position to influence future decisions.…
Statin use in hospital for haemorrhagic stroke linked to improved survival A retrospective cohort study suggests that statin use among patients with intracerebral haemorrhage improves survival.…
Memory slips associated with dementia risk A new study adds weight to the hypothesis that subjective memory compliants are common and predict future cognitive impairment.…
Explore the latest MEP The 38th edition of ‘Medicines, Ethics and Practice’ was distributed to RPS members in July. Rakhee Amin, on behalf of the RPS Support team, explains what is new in the resource.…
Pharmacy staff advice improves patient knowledge Talking to patients about antibiotics as their medicines are dispensed improves their knowledge more than just distributing a leaflet on the topic.…
Nelson Mandela — healing a nation Sybil Seoka, immediate past president of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa, writes in memory of elder statesman Nelson Mandela, who died on 5 December 2013…
Use and efficacy of herbal medicines: Part 2 — clinical effectivenessIn this second part of a two-part article, the authors examine the efficacy and clinical effectiveness of, and evidence for, the use of herbal medicines…
Fulfilling the professional dream — one young pharmacist’s secrets of successBecoming a pharmacist was a lifelong dream for Nadia Bukhari, a clinical lecturer at the UCL School of Pharmacy, as she explains to Jeff Mills…
Council broadly welcomes Nigel Clarke’s reportThe Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society broadly welcomes Nigel Clarke’s “Report of the independent inquiry in a professional body for pharmacy” and supports the direction of travel that it suggests.At an extra April Council meeting, the Chief Executive and Registrar said that the Coun…