England

Workforce update — pharmacy technicians on the Register in 2012

22 May 13 | 14.26 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Liz Seston and Karen Hassell provide a brief summary of the composition of Part 2 of the General Pharmaceutical Council Register (pharmacy technicians) in July 2011 more >
Workforce update — joiners, leavers and pharmacists on the 2011 Register

22 May 13 | 14.16 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Liz Seston and Karen Hassell provide a brief summary of the composition of Part 1 of the General Pharmaceutical Council Register in November 2011
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CBT preferred over drug therapy for social anxiety disorder

22 May 13 | 14.07 | England Wales

Adults with social anxiety disorder should only be offered pharmacological treatment (escitalopram or sertraline)...
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Linaclotide launched for IBS with constipation

22 May 13 | 14.03 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

The first medicine specifically for moderate to severe irritable bowel syndrome with constipation has been launched in the UK...
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Could complexity theory turn out to be a pristine prism for pharmacy?

22 May 13 | 13.53 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Pharmacy matches a new social science perspective splendidly. Embrace it, urges sociologist and retired pharmacist Malcolm E. Brown, from Beccles, Suffolk more >
Found wanting . . . again

22 May 13 | 13.32 | England

Once again community pharmacies have come under the Which? spotlight and have been found wanting. And, once again, pharmacy bodies have had to leap to the defence of the profession more >
The benefits of medicines outweigh the risks of treatment — says who?

22 May 13 | 12.44 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Theo Raynor writes that pharmacists need to find ways of expressing risk-benefit ratios to patients in a way that they can understand so that they can make informed decisions more >
How to keep proper pharmacy records — a downloadable good practice guide

22 May 13 | 11.52 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

In this article the East of England Senior Pharmacy Managers Network introduces a downloadable update to its recommendations on the retention of pharmacy records

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Focus on pharmacy research with a doctorate degree

22 May 13 | 0.00 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Are you a practising pharmacist with a research idea? Here, the University of Strathclyde describes why a DPharm may be for you more >
Independents to collate data on shortages

21 May 13 | 15.17 | England

Data on stock shortages experienced by independent pharmacies will be collated by the Independent Pharmacy Federation to create... more >