Wednesday 4 February: South YorkshireLocal practice forum event, ‘Oral anticoagulants’. Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield, West Bawtry Road, Rotherham S60 2XL. Event 7.30pm, buffet 6.45pm. Book via sec2015@srblpf.org.uk.…
Thursday 29 January: South YorkshireLocal practice forum event, ‘Lower GI — constipation’. Aagrah restaurant, Great North Road, Woodlands, Doncaster DN6 7RA. Arrive at 6.45pm for 7.30pm start. Book via sec2015@dashlpf.org.uk.…
Assisted dying laws14 January 2015: The Times and The Scotsman reported that Holyrood was considering new laws to allow assisted dying in Scotland. They focused on the fact that “doctors in Scotland have demanded a ‘conscience clause’ be inserted into new laws on assisted suicide”. Speaki…
Pharmacists can alleviate A&E pressure8 January 2015: Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) members Kate Fletcher and Catherine Langran, both from the University of Reading School of Pharmacy, were interviewed on BBC Radio Berkshire about pharmacists in relation to the current pressures facing A&E. They said: “With the…
Safinamide recommended for approval as Parkinson’s disease therapy A new medicine that allows Parkinson’s disease patients to spend more of the day symptom-free has been recommended for approval in Europe.…
Patients should know who did the final checkI have had heated debates with dispensing staff about patients’ right to know if a pharmacist has performed the final check and bagged their medicines. Certainly, if I were a patient, I would like to know who is doing the final check of my medicines. Therefore, those pharmacies who use a…
More UK patients will now be eligible for two costly hepatitis C treatments Sofosbuvir has received the green light from NICE but will not be available to patients until August 2015, while simeprevir will only be accessible through a patient access scheme.…
Drug for ADHD shows promise for treating binge eating disorder A drug approved for the treatment of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, lisdexamfetamine dimesylate, cuts the number of binge eating days in people with binge eating disorder, according to a study.…
Diuretic therapy explained The different mechanisms of action that classes of diuretic have means they can be used to treat a variety of conditions.…
Medicines optimisation: more than a buzzword? The medicines optimisation agenda is finally gathering momentum nearly two years on from a major Royal Pharmaceutical Society report on the concept.…