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Three-quarters of pharmacists say patient safety is at risk from medicine delays

Responding to Community Pharmacy England’s pharmacy pressures survey, 87% of pharmacy staff also reported daily problems arising from supply issues, up from 67% in 2022.…

‘Are people believing this information?’: research raises concerns over online drug marketing

Zita Zachariah, managing editor of the RPS journals, speaks with Jessica Mor, whose award-winning research has highlighted the need for updated regulation of social media drug marketing.…

Two early-career pharmacists named joint winners of OPERA 2025

Qonita Anjani, a research fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, and Jennifer Stevenson, lead pharmacist for older adults at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, were selected from a shortlist of five candidates.…

OPERA 2025: Wallis Lau

Introducing the fifth member of the OPERA 2025 shortlist, Wallis Lau, lecturer in pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety at University College London School of Pharmacy.…

UK trust in pharmacists among highest in Europe, survey results shows

The survey of more than 27,000 adults across Europe also looked at attitudes towards AI and health, revealing that 39% of people did not want to depend on technology for medical matters.…

Hospice UK calls for national standard in community pharmacy palliative care

The report has also identified opportunities to “strengthen education and training in palliative care and bereavement support for rural pharmacists”.…

OPERA 2025: Ryan Hamilton

Introducing the fourth member of the OPERA 2025 shortlist, Ryan Hamilton, associate professor of antimicrobials at De Montfort University and programme manager at the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.…

Invitations, leaflets and animations could improve engagement with structured medication reviews

Half of primary care network teams surveyed by the Health Information Network said that patient-facing resources helped patients prepare for structured medication reviews.…

OPERA 2025: Qonita Anjani

Introducing the third member of the OPERA 2025 shortlist, Qonita Anjani, research fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, an adjunct professor at Airlangga University, Indonesia, and a lecturer at Megarezky University, Indonesia.…

Patients want more diversity in clinical trials, report finds

In the report on public and clinician views on the lifecycle of medicines, patients also called for making it easier to take part in research.…