Messages from the Medicine Safety Forum
As the custodians of medicine safety, promoting the judicious, quality and safe use of medicines is key to pharmacists’ roles. But it is also...
Will a repurposed drug help treat COVID-19?
There are 344 registered interventional clinical trials under way for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. The WHO is looking at four of them.
Pharmacist stress in the pandemic
Managing an increased workload, medicine shortages, myriad legislation changes, reduced staff numbers and an anxious public has seen pharmacists' stress levels rise.
Options to change pharmacy’s future
The Interim Report of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation (RPRR) arrived on 22 June and the world of pharmacy as we know...
FODMAPs and the healthy gut
The acronym ‘FODMAPs’ is used to describe types of short-chain carbohydrates (sugars) that are poorly absorbed in the small intestine of some individuals.
Learning objectives...
What to do when faced with prescribing errors
What is best practice for community pharmacists for addressing GP prescribing errors?
One outcome of a pharmacist’s responsibility may be the need to contact a...
