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Short-term savings, long-term costs: what cuts to medicines optimisation teams could mean for the NHS

Integrated care boards have confirmed to The Pharmaceutical Journal that they are reducing headcount in their medicines optimisation teams, which are primarily formed of pharmacists. What will this mean for the future NHS?…

‘A once-in-a-generation opportunity’: what community pharmacy wants from contract reform

Seizing the moment: opportunities presented by the new cancer plan for England

Everything you need to know about GLP-1s for weight loss

Postpartum reintegration: an uncomfortable silence pharmacy can no longer afford

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Heat-related illnesses: preparing for periods of high temperatures

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Heat-related illnesses: physiology, symptoms and management

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Medicines storage needs to change with the climate

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Electrolyte disturbances: causes and management

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Case-based learning: insect bites and stings

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How to navigate and ensure effective patient communication about medicines shortages

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Lifeline: an antimicrobial resistance musical

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Geraldine McCaffrey: ‘There’s real positivity about the role we can play as a royal college’

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Health board rejects community pharmacy PrEP pilot

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Community pharmacies receive government obesity care funding

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NICE recommends first drug to delay symptoms of type 1 diabetes for NHS use

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NICE approves seladelpar for primary biliary cholangitis

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PJ view: Pharmacists on the new post-registration pathway will still need time and support to succeed

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More than one-quarter of community pharmacies have designated sustainability champion, says GPhC

News from Scotland

Geraldine standing against wooden bookshelf wearing dark pink shirt

Geraldine McCaffrey: ‘There’s real positivity about the role we can play as a royal college’

An image of several pre-exposure prophylaxis pills on a table

Health board rejects community pharmacy PrEP pilot

A woman injects herself with a weight-loss pen

Community pharmacies receive government obesity care funding

A person receives a treatment through an iv drip

NICE recommends first drug to delay symptoms of type 1 diabetes for NHS use

Scratching on rash on leg skin

NICE approves seladelpar for primary biliary cholangitis

Motorway style sign with Welsh flag and Scottish flag showing destinations and a question mark to represent England. Road to the right

PJ view: Pharmacists on the new post-registration pathway will still need time and support to succeed

The green cross sign outside of a community pharmacy

More than one-quarter of community pharmacies have designated sustainability champion, says GPhC

Learning & CPD

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Acne vulgaris: recognition and management

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Imposter phenomenon in pharmacy: why capable professionals doubt themselves and how to move forward

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In vitro fertilisation: eligibility, processes and technologies

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Hepatic encephalopathy: diagnosis and management

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Oral hormonal contraception: a practical guide

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Restarting psychotropics after a treatment break: patient considerations and the pragmatic approach

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Developing scope of practice guidance for new prescribers

Haemato-oncology

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Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors and B-cell malignancies: a guide for pharmacists

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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: diagnosis and management

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How can pharmacists best support patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia?

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Management of Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia

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BTK inhibitors: what pharmacists need to know

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BRUKINSA: explore the possibilities in CLL

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