Urgent and emergency care

Patients in emergency departments should be supported to self-administer time-critical medicines, says royal college

Advice produced with the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association urges that emergency departments should hold self-administered time-critical medicines to the same monitoring and governance oversight standards as non self-administered medicines.…

Only 15% of NHS trusts meet emergency department pharmacy support standards, investigation finds

Exclusive: Freedom of information requests showed that only 15 of 98 NHS trusts in England met Royal College of Emergency Medicine and UK Clinical Pharmacy Association recommendations on pharmacy staffing levels.…

Identification and management of common eye disorders

A summary of the common symptoms and conditions that may be encountered by pharmacists running minor ailment services, including information on assessment, self-care, management and referral.…

Recognition and management of delirium

An overview of delirium, its symptoms and subtypes, including how to assess and diagnose, with an overview of non-pharmacological and pharmacological management.…

Hospitals should review pharmacy support in emergency departments, says health safety investigation body

In a report, the Health Services Safety Investigations Body recommends that hospitals evaluate their processes so that patients in need of time-critical medicines are identified as soon as possible upon admission.…

Becoming an emergency preparedness pharmacist

‘Emergency preparedness, resilience and response' (EPRR) is a programme of work that focuses on planning for and responding to a wide range of incidents and emergencies that could affect health or patient care. It is a new, novel and exciting prospect in pharmacy and, although it may be atypical f…

Mpox: how is the UK preparing for the latest variant?

With the first cases of a new mpox strain emerging in Europe and Asia in August 2024, the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak as a “public health emergency of international concern” for the second time in two years. So what is the ‘clade I’ mpox virus and what risk does it po…

NICE recommends emergency kits for people with adrenal insufficiency to cut hospital admissions

The new guidance says healthcare providers should consider providing eligible patients with two or three emergency adrenal insufficiency kits.…

Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults: identification, diagnosis and management

All healthcare professionals who support people with diabetes should be aware of this complex medical emergency so that they can recognise red flag symptoms.…

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to be able to supply naloxone without a prescription

The expanded access to take-home naloxone follows two government consultations carried out in 2021 and 2024, respectively.…