NHS trust to recirculate out-of-hours medicines access process following prisoner death Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust also confirmed that training sessions will continue to reinforce staff understanding in response to a coroner's prevention of future deaths report.…
Moving from conversation to action on women’s health ‘Menopause, unmissed’ takes a holistic approach to improving women’s health outcomes, demonstrating the potential of effective cross-sector collaboration.…
Early antiviral flu treatment linked with lower ICU admissions in children, study suggests Children who were given early antiviral treatment were 31% less likely to be admitted to an ICU and had shorter hospital stays compared with the participants who were not given antivirals, researchers found.…
A faster route to rare disease treatments: the MHRA’s proposals Could a shake-up of the UK’s medicines approval process make a meaningful difference for people living with rare diseases? Here, we explore the government’s proposals and the role pharmacy could play in improving patient care.…
Alex Williams: ‘There’s a risk to the resilience of the supply chain if government doesn’t invest’ Increased costs and low medicines reimbursement could jeopardise the service that wholesalers provide to pharmacies, says the new chief executive of the Healthcare Distribution Association.…
New pharmacy minister confirmed Newly appointed pharmacy minister Diana Johnson has replaced Stephen Kinnock, as he moves to secretary of state for Wales.…
UK patients being recruited for ribupatide trials Researchers will assess the efficacy of up to 10mg doses of weight-loss drug ribupatide in patients with or without diabetes over around an 18-month period.…
Government ‘examining’ medication pack barcode requirements Exclusive: The Department of Health and Social Care has told The Pharmaceutical Journal that since “patient safety is paramount”, it will investigate which barcodes are required on medicines packaging.…
Pharma companies reported fewer medicine supply issues in 2026 In the first six months of 2026, manufacturers reported fewer medicines supply issues to the government compared with the same periods in 2025 and 2024.…
Barcode issues disrupting pharmacy work at more than half of NHS trusts A survey has also revealed that nearly two-thirds of respondents reported that they received medicines without barcodes in the previous month.…
