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Why are patients embracing HRT but not hormonal contraception?

‘Hormone hesitancy’ is on the rise despite strong scientific evidence suggesting that hormone replacement therapy is safe and effective. How are pharmacists combating such misinformation?…

Scotland’s drug deaths are rising: is the response keeping pace?

Pharmacist prescribing is global, but new prescribers need support from day one

Portfolio careers in pharmacy

Pharmacy First is growing, but are patients and the pharmacists we train ready?

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Recognising adverse events and using the Yellow Card system

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Could dedicated pharmacists help improve neonatal care’s medicines safety problem?

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Test your knowledge of medicines safety

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What the UK’s new clinical trials regime means for pharmacy practice and patient safety

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

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Changing the culture of fluoroquinolone prescribing

Getting into research

News from Wales

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Pharmacy negotiator pauses contractor levy payments

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Drug poisoning deaths fall in England and Wales for first time since 2012, ONS figures show

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Two in three housebound patients had no medication review for more than two years

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Hypertension pilot demonstrated pharmacy management of long-term conditions

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All health boards told to include a member of their pharmacy team in ATMP planning

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Almost half of pharmacy owners cut staff because of cost pressures in the past year, survey finds

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Pharmacy ‘at the heart’ of Welsh government’s healthcare priorities

News from Scotland

A green cross sign in a community pharmacy

Pharmacy negotiator pauses contractor levy payments

An image of opiate tablets on a table

Drug poisoning deaths fall in England and Wales for first time since 2012, ONS figures show

Female hands holding various blisters with medicines in the bedroom

Two in three housebound patients had no medication review for more than two years

A healthcare professional checks a patient's blood pressure

Hypertension pilot demonstrated pharmacy management of long-term conditions

A scientist prepares a DNA sample for analysis

All health boards told to include a member of their pharmacy team in ATMP planning

A green cross sign in a community pharmacy

Almost half of pharmacy owners cut staff because of cost pressures in the past year, survey finds

A pharmacist reaches for a prescription in a community pharmacy

Pharmacy ‘at the heart’ of Welsh government’s healthcare priorities

Learning & CPD

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Optimising inhaler therapy through pharmacist-led asthma clinic reviews

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Sick day rules for people living with type 2 diabetes

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Asthma: diagnosis, harm prevention and treatment optimisation

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Practice guidelines, systematic reviews and meta-analyses

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Adults with diabetes on dialysis

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Understanding equivalence and non-inferiority studies

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Infertility and in vitro fertilisation medicines

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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