Community

Pharmacists say they are key to improving health

2 Sep 10 | 14.01 | International

Over 90 per cent of pharmacists believe that they are key to improving patients’ health, according to an international survey more >
Changes proposed for emergency CDs for European visitors

2 Sep 10 | 13.27 | EU

Pharmacists should be able to make emergency supplies of schedule 4 and 5 Controlled Drugs and phenobarbital to European Economic Area and Swiss nationals more >
PDA attacks Boots’s responsible pharmacist "advance declaration" (updated)

2 Sep 10 | 12.28 | England

Criticism has been levelled by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association over an "advance declaration" procedure that Boots has developed to allow its pharmacies to operate without a pharmacist present more >
NES kicks off 2010/11 education year with care planning and new portal

3 Sep 10 | 11.51 | Scotland

Pharmacists and registered pharmacy technicians in Scotland planning their continuing professional development for 2010/11 are now able to browse and book NHS Education for Scotland courses through a new portal system more >
Community pharmacy must continue to embrace its scientific heritage

3 Sep 10 | 7.05 | England Scotland Wales

Science has been the bedrock of the pharmacy profession and will continue to remain important into the future. Gillian Hawksworth provides examples of the importance of science and explains the role of local practice forums in research more >
PJ letters (4 September 2010) (RPSGB members only)

3 Sep 10 | 7.03 | England EU International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Letters published in the 4 September 2010 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal more >
Problematic widows — supervision and the impact of unintended consequences

2 Sep 10 | 16.25 | England

This third article on supervisions has been written by Graeme Stafford, member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s English Pharmacy Board to stimulate thinking, as part of the planned process of engagement with pharmacists, to establish a position to inform more >
Summer placement gives students insight into the roles of community pharmacists

2 Sep 10 | 15.55 | England

Learning about over-the-counter products, measuring out methadone and shadowing a pharmacist to see how a medicines use review is carried out are all part of the summer placement experience at Boots more >
Sexually transmitted infections rise with young women most at risk

2 Sep 10 | 15.44 | England

Women under 25 years of age are most at risk from sexually transmitted infections, which are on the rise in the UK according to new data more >
GPhC launches telephone helpline for registrants

2 Sep 10 | 15.07 | England Scotland Wales

A telephone helpline for registrants unclear about the changes being brought in at the end of September when the General Pharmaceutical Council takes over regulation from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has been launched today more >