News and views

Cutting pharmacists’ fees by lengthening duration of prescriptions would create medicines shortages, PCTs warned

DoH warns PCTs not to abuse their position once global sum devolved

11 Mar 10 | 14.29 | England

Primary care trusts must avoid taking action that would produce shocks in
the medicines supply system following devolvement of pharmacy’s global sum to PCTs on 1 April 2010, the Department of Health said yesterday (10 March 2010) more >

New drug for chronic hyperuricaemia launched

11 Mar 10 | 14.15 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Patients with high concentrations of uric acid in their blood could benefit from a new medicine launched today (11 March 2010) more >

Boots makes The Sunday Times top 25 companies to work for list

11 Mar 10 | 14.09 | England Scotland Wales

Boots has been ranked as one of the top 25 best large companies to work for, in a list published in the latest edition of The Sunday Times (7 March 2010) more >

Everyone’s business

11 Mar 10 | 17.45 | England Scotland Wales

We publish the first in a short series of articles from the research strategy team of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society — giving a flavour of what support the professional body will offer members in the future more >

Pharmacy practice research has an impact on each and every pharmacist

11 Mar 10 | 17.32 | England Scotland Wales

In this first in a series of three articles on research, Rachel Roberts and Erika Kennington, research strategy co-ordinators for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, explains that research is not just for academics but is about real issues that affect patients and pharmacists more >

Want to do more for patients with skin problems but lack training? Read on ...

11 Mar 10 | 16.46 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

There is no doubt that community pharmacists can make an important contribution to the care of patients with skin diseases. But, in order to define this role more clearly, information is needed about skin problems community pharmacists commonly see, explains Rod Tucker more >

Registered Technician March 2010

11 Mar 10 | 15.51 | England Scotland Wales

Registered Technician published in March 2010 more >

Bogus MHRA calls

11 Mar 10 | 14.59 | England Scotland Wales

A number of telephone calls have been made to companies recently by people falsely claiming to be staff of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency more >

Drug Tariff Updates: March 2010 prescriptions

11 Mar 10 | 14.56 | England Wales

The Department of Health and the National Assembly for Wales have agreed to allow “no cheaper stock obtainable” (NCSO) endorsements for the following, for March 2010 prescriptions more >

Product news (13 March 2010)

11 Mar 10 | 14.48 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Prescription products / Supply issues

Products reviewed are

Intanza; Pfizer generics (finasteride, metformin, mirtazapine, ondansetron, paroxetine); Prevenar 13; Synflorix; Cardura XL; Cytacon