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The Pharmaceutical Journal’s top 5 comment pieces of 2015

Junk food tax, statins prescribing and opioid painkiller addiction were among the most read topics in the opinion section in 2015.…

Review of 2015: ten developments that are changing pharmacy

The pharmacy landscape continues to shift amid a backdrop of austere UK public spending and the rising spectre of centralised dispensing in the community. The Pharmaceutical Journal presents ten developments that affected pharmacists in 2015.…

Enhancing clinical practice through pharmaceutical science

‘Integrated pharmacy case studies’, by Sally-Anne Francis, Felicity Smith, John Malkinson, Andrew Constanti and Kevin Taylor.…

Trainees having to pay for placements must not become reality

I was concerned to hear Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer for England, say that some preregistration trainees may in the future need to pay for their placement year. ( The Pharmaceutical Journal, online, 12 November 2015) Undergraduate students already face paying £9,000 pe…

Helping disadvantaged young people become healthcare professionals

Pharmacists in Africa play a key role in managing the supply and distribution of drugs for major conditions such as HIV and AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. Well-trained pharmacists improve the access to healthcare in rural communities by being able to advise and diagnose patients with minor illness…

Learning about each stage of drug development

‘Basic principles of drug discovery and development’ by Benjamin E Blass.…

Introducing accreditation for tutors and innovative teaching methods will help improve registration pass rates

The way preregistration trainees are taught must be changed in order to improve pass rates and preparation for practice.…

A welcome revamp of the BNF

The redesigned BNF remains an extensive and authoritative reference text for pharmacists and healthcare professionals.…

Issues with preregistration training need resolving now

Since its introduction there have been concerns around the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) registration assessment, particularly in respect of its negative impact on preregistration trainees’ during the latter part of their training year. The recent letters and articles in The Ph…

Confidence in our future pharmacists

I write in support of the letter from Graham Phillips ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2 015;295:213) and share his concerns over the registration assessment pass rates. I have the privilege to visit schools of pharmacy regularly to discuss career opportuni…