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Switching children from liquids to tablets can improve quality of life and save money, GOSH project shows

The results of a project conducted by Great Ormond Street Hospital show that switching children with congenital hyperinsulinism from liquid diazoxide to its tablet form could save the NHS approximately £40,000 per patient, per year.…

Health news round-up: dementia, GLP-1 genetics and psychedelics breakthrough

Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…

Adoption of automated bio-decontamination systems: use of portable vaporised hydrogen peroxide isolators within pharmacy technical services

When the 2022 revision to EU GMP Annex 1 came into effect in August 2023, it heralded a shift away from traditional manual methods of decontaminating isolators towards automated and validated bio-decontamination systems, the most prevalent method for this being vaporised hydrogen peroxide (VHP). …

The history of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Highlighting the historical high points that have so far defined the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, which was first established in 1841.…

Dysaesthesia added to semaglutide side effects list

Abnormal and unpleasant touch-based sensations are now listed as a “common” adverse reaction to Rybelsus.…

Think tank urges government to plan for prescribing supervision in community pharmacy

A report by the Nuffield Trust has raised concerns around training for the new cohort of prescribing pharmacists joining the register from September 2026.…

Post-discharge medication errors disproportionately affect patients with dementia

Data from 263 patients who were discharged from hospital in a one-year period revealed that one in ten medication actions were not completed, with no explanation recorded in the patient record.…

Number of pharmacist job adverts fell in 11 out of 12 months during past year

Office for National Statistics data show there has been a sustained decrease in pharmacy job adverts each month from April 2025, compared with 2024.…

What pharmacists do not document, the healthcare system cannot value

Stephanie Usen argues why systems must change to prevent the value of pharmacists going unnoticed.…

NICE approves brain cancer drug following change to cost-effectiveness thresholds

Vorasidenib, a daily pill, has been approved for people aged over 12 years who have astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma with isocitrate dehydrogenase IDH1 or IDH2 mutations.…