United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association

UKCPA first to be granted double RPS accreditation

The UKCPA has become the first Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) affiliated partner group to be granted a double accreditation by the RPS.…

Equipping future pharmacists with resources

Like many pharmacists I found the variation in registration assessment pass rates between institutions interesting, especially in terms of year-on-year variations within institutions. Claire Anderson ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:670) raised some important poi…

Generic prescribing is not appropriate for inhaled drugs

The UK is experiencing an explosion of new drugs and inhaler devices being licensed for people with respiratory disease, increasing the complexity of prescribing for people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The management of how these new products are introduced into clini…

GlaxoSmithKline revises colour and labelling of Relvar Ellipta inhaler

GlaxoSmithKline is changing the colour of its Relvar Ellipta inhaler from blue to yellow after respiratory health professionals warned that patients could be confused.…