Awareness of risks can change anti-vaccination beliefs Sceptical parents may be persuaded to vaccinate their children against measles, mumps and rubella if they are provided with information about the risk and severity of the diseases.…
Palliative chemotherapy may harm patient’s quality of life Chemotherapy for end-stage cancer does not improve, and may harm, a patient’s quality of life in their final week of life, report researchers.…
New hepatitis C combination treatment effective in HIV coinfected patients Patients with both hepatitis C virus and HIV responded well to daclatasvir combined with sofosbuvir in a study.…
NICE recommends daily medication reviews in draft guideline on end-of-life care Medication should be optimised and reviewed daily when patients enter their final days, says a draft guideline from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on end-of-life care.…
Pharmacist practitioner-run clinics are a good ideaI wish to comment on Eileen Neilson’s piece ‘Nurses in pharmacies could help solve the NHS crisis’ ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:79). Having nurses in pharmacies is a great concept and would improve access for patients, especially since most …
First malaria vaccine receives positive scientific opinion from EMA The first preventive vaccine for malaria, GlaxoSmithKline’s Mosquirix, has been given the green light by European regulators to protect young children in areas where the disease is prevalent.…
Call for national scheme for pharmacies to supply emergency medicines A national service that reimburses pharmacists for providing emergency supplies of prescription medicines would boost patient care, research suggests.…
Prostate cancer: treatment options When to consider each of the available treatment options for prostate cancer.…
Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…
Pharmacy sector in England welcomes national flu vaccination service Community pharmacists in England have welcomed the announcement that they will be able to offer NHS flu vaccinations this winter under new funding arrangements announced by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…