Welsh government backs RPS Wales plan to transform hospital pharmacy The Welsh government has accepted all 36 recommendations made by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales in a review of hospital pharmacy in the country.…
Improving asthma care for children and young people Considerations for pharmacists in helping young patients manage their asthma.…
NICE guidance ‘addresses the high unmet need’ for treatment of acute migraine The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended rimegepant for acute migraine — the first available oral treatment for the condition.…
E-cigarettes associated with greatest chance of smoking cessation, suggests Cochrane review The review revealed that 10–19% of people were likely to quit smoking using an e-cigarette, 12–16% using varenicline and 10–18% using cytisine.…
Filling the gap in smoking cessation therapies: a race to a smoke-free 2030 Nicotine replacement therapy is currently the only pharmacological treatment available in the UK to help tobacco smokers quit, but this is set to change.…
How palliative care pharmacists in community practice are improving access to medicines Tarun Nayyar’s work as a pharmacist at Birmingham Hospice is enabling faster access to specialist medicines for palliative care patients at home.…
Government reverts to September start date for flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes The vaccination programmes will now begin in September 2023, rather than October, owing to concerns over a new COVID-19 variant.…
‘World first’ anticancer jab to reduce treatment times by 75%, says NHS England NHS England has announced that it will offer atezolizumab via subcutaneous injection, bringing treatment times down from 30 minutes to as little as 7 minutes.…
For want of a jab… are vaccines out of fashion for NHS England? This month, The Pharmaceutical Journal’s health policy columnist questions the government’s decisions to reduce the COVID-19 vaccination fee and delay the flu vaccination programme.…
Community pharmacies could take legal action over delayed flu vaccination programme, says NPA The National Pharmacy Association says NHS England should be held responsible for financial losses incurred by the late announcement of the delay.…
