Urgent and emergency care

Q&A: What do patients want from pharmacists and the NHS?

Katherine Murphy discusses the current crisis gripping the NHS and where pharmacists can fit in to help, and explains why safety, accountability and transparency are key priorities for the NHS.…

Primary care naloxone and opioid co-prescribing reduces emergency visits

Study shows that co-prescribing naloxone in primary care to patients taking opioids for pain reduces emergency department visits by 47% within six months.…

Pharmacists have a critical role to play in hospital emergency departments

Member of the RPS English Pharmacy Board, Aamer Safdar, makes the case for having pharmacists as a permanent fixture in hospital emergency departments. …

Meet the regional finalists of I Love My Pharmacist: Northern England

The public has until 21 July 2016 to vote for their favourite regional finalist of the 2016 I Love My Pharmacist Award. The pharmacist with the highest number of votes in each region will then meet with the judging panel who will decide the 2016 champion.…

Meet the regional finalists of I Love My Pharmacist: London and Kent

The public has until 21 July 2016 to vote for their favourite regional finalist of the 2016 I Love My Pharmacist Award. The pharmacist with the highest number of votes in each region will then meet with the judging panel who will decide the 2016 champion.…

Meet the regional finalists of I Love My Pharmacist: Scotland

The public has until 21 July 2016 to vote for their favourite regional finalist of the 2016 I Love My Pharmacist Award. The pharmacist with the highest number of votes in each region will then meet with the judging panel who will decide the 2016 champion.…

If elected to the RPS pharmacy board, what will be your top two priorities?

Candidates explain what their top two priorities will be if they are elected to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society pharmacy board.…

Placing pharmacists in emergency departments could help 36% of patients

Pharmacists have the potential to manage the care of up to 36% of patients attending hospital emergency departments (ED), according to the results of two studies by Health Education England (HEE).…

Community pharmacists should be able to substitute cheaper drugs, says PSNC in proposals to counter government cuts

Giving community pharmacists more power to dispense cheaper generic alternatives to branded medicines could save the NHS millions of pounds and prevent the need for planned government cuts of £170m from the community pharmacy budget in England, according to national negotiators.…

Scottish Government launches out-of-hours pilot projects

The Scottish Government has announced it is funding a £10m programme to improve out-of-hours care.…