Aston University first in UK to subscribe to Pharmacy Knowledge
Aston University has become the first university in the UK to fully adopt digital learning platform Pharmacy Knowledge. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 27, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Atif Saddiq: ‘We are here to listen’
Atif Saddiq, the chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s recently established Early Careers Pharmacist Advisory Group, reveals his ambitions for the new venture. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 27, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Gazette notice — 2021 national pharmacy board elections terms of office
At the meeting held on 18 November 2020, Assembly members agreed that any national pharmacy board member whose term of office had originally expired in June 2020, but was then extended for a further year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, should, if elected to the board in 2021, only serve a term of office of two years. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 27, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Managing fever in children
This learning resource outlines guideline-based recommendations for the management of children and young people with fever, including the appropriate use of over-the-counter analgesics, to support effective pharmacy consultations. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 27, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Medical cannabis has yet to live up to the hype
Two years since legalisation, prescribers need convincing that medical cannabis is an effective therapy option. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 27, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Revealed: the generic price hikes increasing the NHS drugs bill
Far from being a money saver, the generic medicines market has cost the NHS an additional £76m over the past two years. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 27, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Generic drug price increases of up to 1,700% have cost the NHS £76m
An investigation by The Pharmaceutical Journal reveals that drug tariff prices for 33 generic “Category A” medicines were found to have more than doubled between July 2018 and October 2020. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 27, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
IV antibiotics no more effective than oral for eradicating infection in cystic fibrosis patients, study suggests
Intravenous antibiotics are not superior to oral antibiotics for eradicating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients, according to a randomised controlled trial in Lancet Respiratory Medicine. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 26, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Pharmacies should be allowed to set aside time solely for vaccination delivery, pharmacy negotiator says
Pharmacy teams should be able to spend part of the day focusing entirely on vaccination delivery during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has said. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 26, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Guidance on off-label use of tocilizumab for UK COVID-19 patients published
A UK-wide position statement to support off-label prescribing and access to tocilizumab, administered intravenously, for eligible COVID-19 patients in intensive care has been published. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 26, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Commonwealth Pharmacists Association launches learning platform
A global continuing professional development platform has been launched by the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 26, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
How our pharmacy-led medicines information service supported clinicians on the COVID-19 frontline
Cristina Coelho, lead pharmacist in medicines information at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, on how her team of pharmacy professionals were indispensable in providing the latest and most accurate new COVID-19 information to clinicians on the ground. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 26, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Becoming a pharmacist: in numbers
The path to becoming part of the profession can be a rocky one for some. Here are an aspiring pharmacist ’s chances at each stage of the process, based on the best available data. Would you make it now? (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 26, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Uncollected discharge medicines on mental health wards and the impact on medicines-related readmissions
Unplanned hospital readmission figures are frequently used within healthcare as an indicator of quality, with rapid readmissions, particularly those within 30 days, being considered poor. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 26, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Pharmacies must be at the forefront of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign
It will not be easy to deliver the huge COVID-19 vaccination programme, but there is no doubt that the profession can step up to the challenge, with community pharmacy playing a vital role. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 25, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
