Wales

Charity launches petition calling for NICE to rethink MS drug decision

The MS Society has launched a petition calling for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NHS England and drug manufacturer Roche to rethink the decision to reject the first treatment to be licensed for the treatment of primary progressive multiple sclerosis.…

Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting: 20 June 2018

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Welsh Pharmacy Board held its summer meeting at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Welsh headquarters in Pontprennau, Cardiff, on 20 June 2018.…

RPS Wales’s evidence on palliative and end-of-life care shared in Welsh Assembly report

Community pharmacists are frequently not made aware if a patient has been placed on a palliative care register, a cross-party group of Welsh MPs has heard.…

Wales updates guidance on medical abortion at home

A change in termination of pregnancy rules will enable women in Wales to take the second abortion pill at home, Welsh health secretary Vaughan Gething has announced.…

RPS Wales welcomes government’s integrated approach to health and social care

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales has responded positively to A healthier Wales: our plan for health and social care.…

Sore throat ‘test and treat’ scheme for Welsh pharmacies

A ‘test and treat’ scheme for patients with sore throats will be piloted at 70 Welsh community pharmacies in autumn 2018.…

NHS Wales Informatics Service’s Choose Pharmacy project wins Clinical Pharmacy Congress tech award

Royal Pharmaceutical Society member Emma Williams has collected the 2018 Clinical Pharmacy Congress award for Excellence in use of Technology in Pharmacy Practice, on behalf of the NHS Wales Informatics Service Choose Pharmacy project.…

Welsh Pharmacy Board election 2018 results

The final counting of votes for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society elections 2018 took place immediately following the close of poll at 12:00 on 18 May 2018. A breakdown of the result and turnout for Wales is included below: Electorate …

National Assembly for Wales calls for ‘systemic changes’ to antipsychotic prescribing in care homes

Care home residents taking dementia medication should receive mandatory three-monthly medication reviews, the National Assembly for Wales’ Health, Social Care and Sport Committee has said. The reviews should be carried out “with a view to reducing or stopping the medication following the…

Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting: 18 April 2018

The board discussed palliative and end-of-life care and wellbeing for the workface, and said goodbye to long-serving board member Phil Parry.…