Editorial
Carter’s review of NHS hospitals: a much better effort from the government compared with community pharmacySubscription
Lord Carter appears to have got it right in his review about how to improve efficiencies in NHS hospitals.
Automated hub-and-spoke dispensing will create opportunities for greater patient contact; unless it’s all about the bottom lineSubscription
Hub-and-spoke dispensing has the potential to change community pharmacy for the better but questions remain.
Blocking the immune system in rheumatoid arthritisSubscription
Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by the immune system attacking the body. It afflicts about 1% of people in the UK and is now treated with a variety of biologic drugs that dampen the immune system in different ways
Comment
Community pharmacy cuts: a breakdown of a flawed rationale Subscription
The government’s decision to cut funding on a large scale for community pharmacy is short-sighted and will cause long-term damage to patients and pharmacy.
Q&A
The Zika virus: how Brazilian pharmacists are fighting back
Josélia Frade explains what Brazilian pharmacists are doing to help control the Zika virus outbreak.
Learning article
How to use the summary care record in community pharmacySubscription
An overview of the summary care record, including its contents, who can view it, how its use can be monitored as well as how access in community pharmacies in England can benefit patients and pharmacy practice.
How to conduct a literature reviewSubscription
The purpose of literature reviews and how to execute them.
Careers
What my career in radiopharmacy involvesSubscription
Radiopharmacy involves the manufacture of sterile radioactive medicines which are used as part of nuclear medicine studies.
News
GP surgeries could employ an extra 1,500 pharmacists with £112m investmentSubscription
An extra 1,500 pharmacists could be working in GP surgeries by 2020, after a funding boost of £112m by NHS England.
Metformin cuts cardiovascular risk over sulfonylureas
Metformin reduces the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes compared with sulfonylurea monotherapies, a study shows.
Claims that leading pharmacy chain conducts unnecessary MURs prompts call for reviewSubscription
Proton-pump inhibitors increase risk of kidney damageSubscription
Feedback interventions fail to reduce prescribing errors among junior doctorsSubscription
Pharmacists in Wales take on pharmaceutical care of 23,000 patients in ‘pioneering’ primary care serviceSubscription
Compact machine produces drugs “on demand”Subscription
Standards for pharmacy professionals modernisedSubscription
NICE tackles complex health issues for people with multimorbiditySubscription
Teva’s injectable asthma biologic approved by FDASubscription
US study shows increase in risk of drug interactionsSubscription
Community pharmacists have ‘professional obligation’ to adopt automated dispensing, says chief pharmaceutical officerSubscription
News in Brief
EMA extends review of antivirals for hepatitis CSubscription
EMA to review canagliflozin over amputation risksSubscription
Antimicrobial resistance is a deadlier threat than cancer, UK chancellor warnsSubscription
NICE issues guidance to improve controlled drug safetySubscription
Pharmacists should take appointments off GPs’ hands, says think tankSubscription
Well to pay pharmacy staff more than the national living wageSubscription
Merger of Pfizer and Allergan collapsesSubscription
Pharmacy2U directors face fitness to practise committee over sale of patient dataSubscription
New 'sunshine rules' for NHS staff and service providersSubscription
Link between pioglitazone and bladder cancer risk confirmedSubscription
Scottish Government launches out-of-hours pilot projectsSubscription
Government outlines plans to print price of drugs on dispensing labelsSubscription
Department of Health sets out its proposals for ‘hub-and-spoke’ dispensing Subscription
FDA approves injectable psoriasis drug Subscription
Correspondence
Celebrating 175 years of support to the professionSubscription
If you want to influence pharmacy’s future, vote in the RPS electionsSubscription
NHS England’s backtracking on its refusal to fund pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) funding is a step forward for public healthSubscription
How proposed community pharmacy funding cuts will affect my business and my patientsSubscription
The sugar tax is the first right step to fight child obesitySubscription
Misleading reporting about overdiagnosis of ADHD in childrenSubscription
