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  1. Over 400 request prescription payment checks

    3 Feb 12 | 15.43 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    A total of 434 pharmacy contractors requested a total of 5,623 prescription payment checks from the NHS Business Services Authority...

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  2. University applications drop 10 per cent in England

    3 Feb 12 | 15.36 | England Scotland Wales

    University applications have decreased by almost 10 per cent this year in England — where tuition fees are due to rise...

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  3. First census of pharmacy technicians: 2. Qualifications, CPD, reasons for joining and plans to change work life

    3 Feb 12 | 12.33 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Part two of Liz Seston and Karen Hassell's report findings from the first pharmacy technicians census

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  4. New Pharmacist Support trustees

    3 Feb 12 | 11.44 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Four trustees have joined the board of the charity Pharmacist Support..

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  5. Different BP in arms may indicate risk of disease

    3 Feb 12 | 11.26 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Patients whose systolic blood pressure differs by 10mmHg or more between each arm are at increased risk of peripheral vascular disease...

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  6. First census of pharmacy technicians: 1. Demographics and working patterns

    3 Feb 12 | 11.24 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Liz Seston and Karen Hassell report findings from the first pharmacy technicians census

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  7. Every little bit helps

    3 Feb 12 | 10.49 | England Scotland Wales

    What do the new medicine service, the chronic medication service and discharge medication reviews have in common? Bit of a silly question, you may think

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  8. Sequential tamoxifen-anastrozole treatment trialled

    3 Feb 12 | 10.44 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Relapse-free survival is not significantly improved by sequential tamoxifen and anastrazole treatment, rather than continuous tamoxifen...

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  9. PJ letters (4 February 2012) (RPS members only)

    2 Feb 12 | 17.03 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    The letters in the attached PDF have been published in the 4 February 2012 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal

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  10. Call for all babies to receive vitamin D supplements

    2 Feb 12 | 15.10 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Babies under the age of six months should be routinely given vitamin D supplements, the Heath Research Forum has said...

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