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  Opportunities for pharmacists

  Written by Christine Clark | 22 May 2022

  Experiences during the coronavirus pandemic have shown the real value of community pharmacy. Moreover, pharmacy can be seen as a ‘passport qualification’ that provides opportunities for pharmacists in… read more.

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  Taking action on nitrous oxide

  Written by Christine Clark | 20 May 2022

  Nitrous oxide has legitimate uses in the food industry and this makes its misuse difficult to combat, but proper checks at the time of purchase could reduce the… read more.

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  Nitrous oxide – spotting the problem

  Written by Christine Clark | 19 May 2022

  Nitrous oxide abuse appears to be widespread but it is far from harmless and prolonged use can lead to paralysis. Pharmacists need to raise awareness of the potentially… read more.

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  Dinitrophenol (DNP) misuse

  Written by Christine Clark | 18 May 2022

  Professor Gino Martini was recently appointed as the Chief Executive of the Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (PHTA) at Birmingham University. Previously he was Chief Scientist at the Royal… read more.

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  Next steps – improving safe use of medicines

  Written by Christine Clark | 7 May 2022

  The video-based medicines information project at Central & North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust builds on input from patients and carers and could be put to wider use,… read more.

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  Developing video information about sodium valproate

  Written by Christine Clark | 6 May 2022

  Emotionally engaging valproate information videos that can be accessed via QR codes have been developed in collaboration with patients and carers at Central & North West London (CNWL)… read more.