Training healthcare professionals from many disciplines Pharmacist Mark Magas lectures students from a wide range of healthcare professions, including paramedics, midwives and nurses.…
Pharmacy regulator wants to overturn Scottish judgement The General Pharmaceutical Council is appealing against the decision by three senior Scottish judges to overturn a fitness to practise ruling, will go to the Supreme Court in order to clarify its disciplinary options. …
Pharmacists are advised to store Buscopan and baclofen separately to avoid errors Several occurrences of patients being given the wrong medicine has led to a recommendation that Buscopan (hyoscine butylbromide) and baclofen be stored separately. …
Pharmaceutical industry pays £150m back to NHSThe pharmaceutical industry has paid £150m to the NHS in the first six months under the new terms of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS), which was agreed with the Department of Health in November 2013.…
Pharmacy regulator seeks ‘reality check’ on professional fees The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has appointed an independent economist to review the way fees for pharmacists, technicians and pharmacy premises are decided.…
Pharmacy exam date may change for Ramadan, says General Pharmaceutical Council The professional registration exam may be rescheduled next year to allow Muslim students to observe Ramadan.…
Striving to improve standards Jocelyn Parkes, RPS director for Wales, looks at what is being done across Wales to improve patient care in light of the ‘Trusted to care’ report.…
Expensive night outCharging a fee for being drunk in A&E would do little to improve people’s attitudes to alcohol.…
High Court favours Boots in representation fight, but union to appeal in Europe The Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union has lost the latest round in its battle to win the right to represent almost 7,000 Boots pharmacists in a battle over pay and hours.…
First UK volunteer receives experimental Ebola vaccine An experimental Ebola vaccine has been tested in the first healthy UK volunteer, as part of a phase I clinical trial being conducted at the University of Oxford. …