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Danger ahead: the growing threat of fungal disease and antifungal resistance

As antifungal resistance becomes more common, researchers, clinicians and pharmacists are looking for innovative ways to stay ahead. From antifungal stewardship and novel drugs to faster diagnostics, a broader response is beginning to take shape.…

Pharmacy must protect its scientific identity

How we led a quality driven diabetes switching programme for generic dapagliflozin

Lost in fine print: how patient information leaflets are failing patients

Making pharmacy foundation training genuinely inclusive requires system‑level change

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A model for successful credentialing in pharmacy

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How community pharmacists are tackling a wave of abuse

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

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Pharmacy Inside Jobs: ADHD assessment and management

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Stimulant and non-stimulant agents for ADHD

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Devolution revolution: what could Andy Burnham mean for community pharmacy?

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A visual guide to the 2026 Ebola outbreak

News from Wales

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Once-weekly insulin would be ‘significant change’ for diabetes prescribers

A child with allergies blows his nose with a tissue

NICE includes children in updated guidance for allergy medicine

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Common ailments service rated as ‘excellent’ by almost all users, study finds

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NICE recommends heart drug aficamten with simultaneous MHRA approval

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RCPharm meets with new members of the Senedd

A pharmacist checks a box of medicine in a community pharmacy

GPhC increases minimum level of study for pharmacy technicians in new training standards

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The GPhC must demonstrate equivalence before shortening the international registration route

News from Scotland

A woman uses a insulin injection

Once-weekly insulin would be ‘significant change’ for diabetes prescribers

A child with allergies blows his nose with a tissue

NICE includes children in updated guidance for allergy medicine

A pharmacist assists a patient in a community pharmacy

Common ailments service rated as ‘excellent’ by almost all users, study finds

A middle aged man takes a tablet with water

NICE recommends heart drug aficamten with simultaneous MHRA approval

A photo of Liz Hallet (left) standing with Beca Brown (middle) and Geraldine McCaffrey (right)

RCPharm meets with new members of the Senedd

A pharmacist checks a box of medicine in a community pharmacy

GPhC increases minimum level of study for pharmacy technicians in new training standards

Blue background with grain on left and right. In centre GB in green and scales in yellow and grey on top.

The GPhC must demonstrate equivalence before shortening the international registration route

Learning & CPD

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Diabetic retinopathy: screening and management

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Evaluating clinical study methods: treatment considerations, outcomes, variables and measurements

Evaluating clinical trial eligibility criteria: recruitment methods, informed consent, control and blinding

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Best practice for clopidogrel prescribing

Assessing authorship, study purpose and journals when evaluating clinical studies

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Case-based learning: optimising falls prevention through a multidisciplinary approach

Identifying and evaluating research study types

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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