The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has written to home secretary Sajid Javid to express the Society’s support for the rescheduling of cannabis for medicinal purposes.


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The government will consider whether medicinal cannabis should be rescheduled, Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, has announced.


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The internet-based Pharmacy2U has published a briefing paper for MPs and policymakers claiming that online dispensing could save the NHS up to £400m a year or £1.2bn over three years.


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John Nuttall, chief executive of Well Pharmacy, has told The Pharmaceutical Journal that the business has no plans to close pharmacies.


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Flavourings added to e-cigarettes and other tobacco products appear to harm the endothelial lining of blood vessels, say the authors of a recent paper.


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Research into long-term proton pump inhibitor use among older adults has led to cautions over pneumonia risk.


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NHS England’s outsourcing of primary care support increased the workload for community pharmacy, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has said.


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The government has launched a consultation on extending the new defence for dispensing errors from community pharmacists to other parts of the profession, and a second consultation on clarification of how registered pharmacies should be governed.


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Use of a body-worn sensor to track movements could help grade a person’s severity of multiple sclerosis, guiding treatment, research has shown.


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The introduction of a UK-wide criminal defence against inadvertent dispensing errors is one of the highlights of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s 2017 Annual Review.


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Pharmacy can help ensure the NHS gets value for money from the £20.5bn planned increase in its funding by 2023–2024, pharmacy leaders say.


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In January 1948, a rousing message from Jean Kennedy Irvine, the Society’s first woman president, greeted members on opening their New Year’s issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal.


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Tess Fenn, president of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK, has announced her decision to step down from the role at the end of 2018. 


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Dementia risk will now be included in the NHS Health Check, Public Health England has announced.


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Internet search activity for online GP and prescription services in the UK has increased.


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Official figures show a steep rise in the proportion of drug-related deaths in Scotland in patients who had a gabapentin or pregabalin prescribed in the 90 days before death.


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Hospital patients are not getting enough information about how to take care of themselves after discharge, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission.


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A General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) review of equality and diversity has been put on hold following recommendations made in a rapid policy review of gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.


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The number of opioids sold through online illicit markets has doubled, coinciding with the restriction of one of the most frequently presctibed opioid analgesics in the United States, according to results from a study published in The British Medical Journal.


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Community pharmacies in Scotland are to receive an increase in funding of £2.6m in 2018–2019.


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