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RCT of medicines optimisation in general practice

Written by | 27 Jan 2022

Steve Williams, Senior Clinical Pharmacist at Poole Bay and Bournemouth PCN explains the positive findings from a randomised controlled trial that evaluated the impact of a medicines’ optimisation […]

What does a PCN pharmacist do?

Written by | 26 Jan 2022

The day-to-day work of a pharmacist in a Primary Care Network (PCN) embraces operational and strategic elements and this involves working closely with other members of the primary […]

Getting started as a PCN pharmacist

Written by | 25 Jan 2022

The NHS long term plan foresees the establishment of teams of clinical pharmacists in every primary care network (PCN). IMI spoke to Steve Williams, a senior clinical pharmacist […]

Pharmacogenomic testing in children: practicalities and implications

Written by | 9 Dec 2021

A pharmacogenomic testing service involves more than simply reporting that a patient has a genetic variant that affects the way they respond to a drug. In a session […]

£15.9 million for pharmacy professional career development

Written by | 10 Nov 2021

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are set to benefit from a further investment of up to £15.9m over the next four years. This investment, announced by Health Education England […]

Making effective use of pharmacists and improving access to treatment

Written by | 22 Oct 2021

Inviting your MP to spend a day shadowing your work is a good way to raise awareness of the critical work that pharmacists undertake in the healthcare system, […]

The critical role of pharmacy in primary healthcare

Written by | 21 Oct 2021

In response to Sajid Javid’s statement that he would give pharmacists the right to prescribe to give doctors more time with patients, Jonathan Ashworth immediately tweeted that pharmacists […]

Virtual care with remote monitoring catches drug errors and reduces patient pain

Written by | 3 Oct 2021

Patients using take-home technology following non-elective surgery resulted in significantly greater detection and correction of drug errors, and reduction in patients’ pain, says a national study led by […]

Action on overprescribing of medicines

Written by | 24 Sep 2021

Ministers are announcing action to prevent medicines being prescribed unnecessarily, following a new review led by Dr Keith Ridge CBE, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England. The review of […]

ASHP publishes reports exploring pharmacy’s role in future of healthcare delivery

Written by | 29 Mar 2021

ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) today announced the publication of two landmark reports that articulate a futuristic vision for pharmacy practice, including expanded roles for the pharmacy enterprise […]

GERPAC highlights 2: 3D printing of amiodarone tablets

Written by | 17 Dec 2020

The feasibility of 3D printing and using amiodarone tablets was explored by Ian Soulairol and colleagues at the University Hospital of Nîmes. Paediatric drug dosing presents challenges because […]

Pandemic critical care drug requirements – lessons learned

Written by | 18 Nov 2020

Pharmacist Anita Hogg explains how well Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC) model to estimate the critical care drug requirements during the covid-19 pandemic worked and the lessons learned […]

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