ECPs – leaders of future pharmacy

Early Career Pharmacists (ECPs) are emerging as a force for change as the profession moves to the safe and quality use of medicines, practising...

Shameful: an under-served cohort

It is everyone’s responsibility to protect people with disability from medicine harm. We must all do more. Disabilities, which can be impairments, activity limitations and...

Chronic kidney disease: when the filters fail

Chronic kidney disease is a progressive long-term condition characterised by a gradual and usually irreversible decline in kidney function.

New data reveals overprescribing of antibiotics in hospitals

Almost one-quarter of prescriptions in hospitals have been assessed as inappropriate, and one-third were non-compliant with guidelines, according to new data from the Hospital...

Don’t discount ketoacidosis in euglycaemia

Adapted by Ann Winkle MPS. Regulatory bodies are warning of the potential for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) as a serious complication of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2)...

Pandemic dominates FIP 2020

Pharmacists from across the globe came together to share their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic at the annual FIP congress – held virtually – this week.