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The Pharmaceutical Journal

Editorial

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Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill will not serve healthcare professionalsSubscription

A bill claiming to help medical practitioners access innovative treatments has healthcare professions scratching their heads — because it wasn’t needed in the first place.

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Meningitis B vaccine: basing decisions on evidence not emotionsSubscription

Public opinion should be listened to when it comes to healthcare policies, but must not influence methodological, evidence-based decision making.

Comment

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Government cuts to community pharmacy: the perspective of grassroots pharmacistsSubscription

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How should pharmacy respond to major funding cuts for community pharmacy? Community pharmacists and pharmacy owners give their views.

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Government cuts to community pharmacy: the perspective of leaders

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How should pharmacy respond to major funding cuts for community pharmacy? Leaders from pharmacy organisations and primary care share their views.

Collage of faces of over 100 men and very few women representing sex bias in drug research

Sex bias in drug research: a call for changeSubscription

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Because medical and drug research is conducted mainly on men, there can be dangerous consequences for women who receive the same treatment.

Q&A

Heidi Alexander, pictured, MP for Lewisham East and was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Health, explains why she wants to start a major public debate about how best to fund a health and care service for the 21st century

Q&A: Heidi Alexander — how do you solve a problem like a financially crippled NHS?Subscription

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Heidi Alexander discusses her concerns about the UK government’s current health plans and explains why she wants to start a public debate about how to fund a health and care service for the 21st century.

Learning article

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How to make an oral case presentation to healthcare colleaguesSubscription

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The content and delivery of a patient case for education and evidence-based care discussions in clinical practice.

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How to give and receive constructive feedbackSubscription

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The importance of feedback and how to deliver it in a clinical environment.

Careers

Stewart Adams, pictured, discoverer of ibuprofen, talks about why he researched the drug and how he tested it on himself

The man who discovered ibuprofenSubscription

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Ibuprofen is one of the world’s best selling anti-inflammatory painkillers. Its pioneer, Stewart Adams, now 92 years old, tells Julia Robinson about how and why his discovery came to fruition.

News

Osteoarthritis is leading cause of pain in older patients

Paracetamol ineffective in treating osteoarthritis, meta-analysis findsSubscription

Paracetamol is not clinically effective for alleviating pain and improving physical function in patients with osteoarthritis, the largest analysis of randomised trials of analgesics for osteoarthritis published to date has found. 

George Osborne outside Downing Street before the 16 March 2016 budget

Sugar tax to be imposed on companies that produce soft drinks from 2018Subscription

A levy on soft drinks companies marketing products with added sugar will be come into effect from April 2018, UK chancellor George Osborne announced in the budget on 16 March 2016

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