The Carter review: how are hospitals measuring up?Subscription
Two years on from Lord Carter’s 2016 review of hospital efficiency, The Pharmaceutical Journal looks at the progress pharmacy departments in England are making towards meeting his challenging targets.
Editorial
Cuts to pharmacy preregistration training are reckless — they must be reversedSubscription
Cuts to preregistration placement funding threaten to undo all the progress that has been made across pharmacy in recent years.
NHS ten-year plan: good for pharmacists, but what about pharmacies?Subscription
Although the ‘NHS Long-Term Plan’ outlines some potential new roles for pharmacists, the lack of detail on plans for community pharmacy are cause for concern.
Comment
We must work together to help pharmacy thrive in 2019Subscription
Securing a good deal in 2019 will require a collective and clear-headed vision of where community pharmacy is going.
Q&A
Mark Lyonette: ‘You can only push people so far’Subscription
The chief executive of the National Pharmacy Association on meeting the health secretary, preparations for Brexit and whether the pressures on pharmacy are affecting patient safety.
Learning article
Colorectal cancer screening and the role of community pharmacySubscription
Access to colorectal cancer screening varies across the UK. This article describes the various tests and how community pharmacists can promote them.
Discussing the MMR vaccine with patientsSubscription
As outlined in Public Health England’s ‘UK Measles and Rubella elimination strategy’, MMR vaccination needs to improve to achieve and maintain elimination in line with recommendations from the World Health Organization.
Careers
Joerg Reinhardt: 'A career in industry demands authenticity, candour and courage'Subscription
Pharmacist and chair of the board of directors for Novartis, Joerg Reinhardt, sits down with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s chief scientist, Gino Martini, to discuss his career success to date, the challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry and his future vision for Novartis.
A day in the life of an industry marketing managerSubscription
Pharmacist Chris Maguire details a typical day as a marketing manager for a medical technology company.
News
FMD compliance to be part of pharmacy inspections
Existing pharmacy inspection processes will be used to monitor pharmacies’ compliance with the Falsified Medicines Directive, the General Pharmaceutical Council has announced.
Shared decision-making and older people should be medicines safety priorities, survey respondents say
Transitions of care and shared decision making should be the highest priority for the NHS Improvement’s national Medicines Safety Programme, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has said.
Pharmacy sector 'deploying all necessary resources' to prevent Brexit medicines shortages, as government deal voted down
Following the historic parliamentary defeat of the government’s Brexit withdrawal agreement, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has said it is “deploying all necessary resources” to ensure patients do not run short of medicines when the UK leaves the EU.
Opioid prescribing highest in more deprived regions of England, study shows
Opioid prescribing in general practice is highest in the North West of England and the East Midlands, mirroring general geographical health inequalities, a study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy has found.
Data on NHS medicinal cannabis prescribing expected by end of March 2019
NHS England is monitoring the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use, with the first data expected by the end of March 2019, health minister Steve Brine says.
Pharmacy Schools Council expresses concern over GPhC education proposals
“Appropriate funding” and enhanced quality assurance of preregistration providers is necessary for greater integration between academic study and practical preregistration experience for pharmacists in training to be successful, the Pharmacy Schools Council (PhSC) has warned.
NHS England offers to fund doubling of PrEP trial
London to end minor ailments service with replacement solely for 'vulnerable' patients
Nine out of ten patients rate minor ailments scheme as 'excellent'
NHS England reconsiders 'hub and spoke' dispensing model as part of its long-term plan
Funding for preregistration pharmacists to be cut by up to 25% across England, HEE announces
Boots buys tech firm to boost its online provision
First hospital pharmacist to decommission under FMD warns of flaw in system
DHSC puts plans for recognition of qualifications in no-deal Brexit before parliament
More than half of women think emergency contraception should switch to OTC, poll reveals
Pharmacists should become 'patient safety specialists' under new NHS safety plan
Pharmacist involvement in NHS services 'significantly' improves medicines safety
Teething products containing lidocaine made P medicine
PSNC would support 'planned reduction programme' for pharmacies, if NHS decides pharmacies must close
Government commits to review of e-cigarette regulations after Brexit
