Opioid prescribing in Wales increases by 30% in a decade Opioid prescribing in Wales has increased by 30% in the past decade, according to figures published by the Welsh government.…
Number of preregistration pharmacists increases by 60% in one year A record number of pharmacy graduates in Wales have taken up preregistration placements for the year 2020/2021, the government has said.…
Top ten most popular articles from Your RPS in 2019 There have been big changes across the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in 2019: it has been a year of new faces, new campaigns, new publications and, for the RPS in Scotland, a new home.…
Like mother, like son: moving to the UK from Baghdad to excel in pharmacy When Fadya Al-Hamadani arrived in the UK to study for a PhD in pharmacy, her son could speak only a few words in English, but now he is studying to become a pharmacist like her.…
Social care should be considered when deciding where pharmacies are sited, says RPS Wales Pharmaceutical needs assessments in Wales should include an assessment of local populations’ social care requirements, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales has said.…
Test-and-treat sore throat service to be rolled out across Wales Health boards across Wales have begun to roll out a sore throat test-and-treat (STTT) service to more community pharmacies following a pilot of the service, which began in 2018.…
Plaid Cymru pledges to increase mental health spending and calls for drug law reform Plaid Cymru would increase spending on mental health care by 5% every year over the next decade, according to the party’s 2019 general election manifesto.…
How our pharmacy became the first in North Wales to write prescriptions for minor illnesses Superintendent pharmacist Steffan John shares his experience of treading new ground in the launch of North Wales’ first acute minor illness service, led by independent prescribing pharmacists.…
First patient in Wales to begin CAR-T personalised therapy A patient in Wales will become the first in the country to start chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy after other treatments for his lymphoma were unsuccessful.…
Number of common ailments consultations per pharmacy nearly doubles in 2018/2019 The number of consultations per pharmacy given through the Common Ailments Service (CAS) in Wales has more than doubled in the last year, according to official statistics.…