How effective is digital communication within the Medication Safety Officer network?
The Medication Safety Officer (MSO) role with the objective of networking through regular online webinar meetings and an online forum.
How collaborating with patients led to improved management of pernicious anaemia
How a simple intervention can improve antimicrobial stewardship
Quality improvement study improves the safety of prescribed direct oral anticoagulants
Oral anticoagulants are high-risk. DOACs, while perceived as easier than warfarin, are not without problems.
Clinical
Pharmacy now embedded in national multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Disease standards
Pharmacy specialisation is developing rapidly and needs to be recognised at a national level.
Growing financial pressure on the NHS has led to increased scrutiny of high cost areas such as medicines expenditure.
A commissioning framework for biologics was published by NHS England to support faster and more effective uptake of best value biological medicines.
Risk factors for maternal sepsis can be easily recognised, including caesarean section and operative vaginal birth.
A 51-year-old female patient with a history of a recent wrist fracture is reviewed in a pharmacist-led osteoporosis medication management clinic
Profession
The Climate Emergency: how can pharmacy be more sustainable?
The climate crisis is evolving at ever-faster rates, leading us towards irreparable ecological breakdown and the largest ever public health crisis.
I love working with different teams. And the variety in my job is phenomenal - it can range from visiting radiology departments one day to paediatrics the next
I actually wanted to be a vet, but my biology teacher suggested pharmacy as a back-up.
The Electronic Prescribing Medicines Administration system is the colourful electronic drug chart introduced in order to meet NHS standards and improve healthcare systems
David Sapsford finds working in the critical care environment to be the most rewarding of all of his professional activities
Development
8 ways to build your leadership skills
Here are some practical ways that pharmacy professionals can develop their leadership skills within any stage of their career.
Danielle Stacey, a Lead Pharmacist in Antimicrobials, recently discussed her practice with some expert UKCPA
On 30 March 2018, revalidation replaced the requirement for pharmacist and pharmacy technician registrants to complete CPD.
We know that pain management is a topic applicable to a large number of areas