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RPS pays tribute to pharmacy law and ethics pioneer Joy Wingfield
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has expressed its sadness at the death of Joy Wingfield, honorary professor of Pharmacy Law and Ethics at the University of Nottingham.
Posted: February 19, 2021, 4:10 pm
Half of asthma patients in the UK overusing SABAs, study finds
More than half of patients with asthma in the UK are “potentially overusing” short-acting β2-agonists, according to research.
Posted: February 18, 2021, 5:10 pm
Pharmacy negotiators discuss patient registration with community pharmacies
Pharmacy negotiators have discussed proposals to take “a patient registration-based approach” to the community pharmacy contractual framework.
Posted: February 18, 2021, 5:07 pm
New drug cuts the risk of death in bladder cancer by 30% compared with chemotherapy, study suggests
A new type of drug that targets chemotherapy directly to cancer cells reduces the risk of death from the most common type of bladder cancer by 30%, a phase III trial in the New England Journal of Medicine has suggested.
Posted: February 18, 2021, 3:30 pm
Chiesi launches postal asthma inhaler recycling scheme
The UK’s first postal inhaler recycling scheme has been launched by pharmaceutical company Chiesi to support a more sustainable way of living for people with respiratory illnesses.
Posted: February 17, 2021, 2:34 pm
NHS England lowers threshold for COVID-19 vaccination site applications
Community pharmacies able to administer up to 400 COVID-19 vaccines per week can now apply to become designated vaccination sites, NHS England has said.
Posted: February 17, 2021, 12:13 pm
Health boards say around half of pharmacies have expressed interest in providing COVID-19 vaccines
Around half of Wales’ community pharmacies have expressed interest to health boards in providing COVID-19 vaccinations as part of the national programme.
Posted: February 16, 2021, 3:19 pm
Overseas candidates will be allowed to sit registration assessment remotely, regulator says
The General Pharmaceutical Council has said most candidates living in countries with a two-hour or more time difference from the UK will be able to apply to sit the registration assessment at home.
Posted: February 16, 2021, 12:05 pm
Everything you need to know about the COVID-19 therapy trials
Researchers around the world are working at record speed to find the best ways to treat and prevent COVID-19, from investigating the possibility of repurposing existing drugs to searching for novel therapies against the virus.
Posted: February 15, 2021, 4:51 pm
Pharmacies estimated to receive one referral per month through hospital-to-pharmacy referral service
Community pharmacies will receive an estimated 12 referrals from the Discharge Medicines Service per year.
Posted: February 15, 2021, 3:27 pm
MHRA to consult on making two progestogen-only contraceptives available without a prescription
Consultations on the reclassification of two progestogen-only contraceptive pills from prescription-only to pharmacy medicines have been launched.
Posted: February 15, 2021, 12:22 pm
Semaglutide effective for weight loss in non-diabetic adults, research suggests
The type 2 diabetes mellitus drug semaglutide is effective for weight loss in non-diabetic overweight or obese adults, when taken alongside a reduced-calorie diet and exercise, researchers have found.
Posted: February 15, 2021, 12:04 pm
Everything you should know about the coronavirus pandemic
The latest information about the novel coronavirus identified in Wuhan, China, and advice on how pharmacists can help concerned patients and the public.
Posted: February 15, 2021, 11:25 am
Nearly 200 women were prescribed valproate during pregnancy between April 2018 and September 2020
Some 180 women were prescribed valproate, a medicine used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder, during their pregnancy within a 2.5 year interval, NHS data has revealed.
Posted: February 12, 2021, 3:47 pm
Risk of mortality drops in COVID-19 patients given anticoagulation within a day of hospital admission, research finds
Starting COVID-19 patients on prophylactic anticoagulation within 24 hours of being admitted to hospital has been linked to a reduced risk of mortality.
Posted: February 12, 2021, 1:58 pm
Regulator looking at ‘flexibility’ that would allow overseas candidates to sit registration assessment
The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it is “double, treble, quadruple-checking” for any “flexibility” that would allow all overseas candidates to sit the March 2021 registration assessment exam in their countries of residence.
Posted: February 11, 2021, 2:53 pm
Prime minister vows to reimburse community pharmacy’s COVID-19 costs ‘as soon as possible’
Community pharmacies should be reimbursed for their additional costs during the COVID-19 pandemic “as soon as possible”, the prime minister has told The Pharmaceutical Journal.
Posted: February 11, 2021, 12:29 pm
Pharmacy negotiators in talks over plans to distribute COVID-19 treatments in primary care
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee is in talks with the government over potential plans to distribute COVID-19 treatments in primary care.
Posted: February 10, 2021, 3:25 pm
Government ‘miscommunicated’ PPE stock levels to pharmacies during first COVID-19 wave, MPs told
The government implied wholesalers had more personal protective equipment in stock than was the case during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Healthcare Distribution Association has said.
Posted: February 10, 2021, 12:17 pm
RPS and pharmacy students’ association call for rethink over overseas exam decision
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association have called for all overseas candidates to sit the March 2021 registration assessment in their home countries.
Posted: February 9, 2021, 4:42 pm

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