Antibiotics are a double-edged sword: on the one hand, antibiotics are essential to curing bacterial infections. On the other, their use promotes the appearance and proliferation of antibiotic-resistant… read more.
Dr John Clark received the 2021 America Society of Health System Pharmacists award for excellence in pharmacy practice leadership. IMI spoke to him to find out more about… read more.
Older adults are open to using smart packaging to improve their medication-taking experience, a new study finds. Smart packages are used to electronically monitor when patients take their… read more.
Medication order errors are a significant, and preventable, public health problem. The widespread deployment of electronic health records and computerized order entry systems has largely reduced medication order… read more.
Steve Williams, Senior Clinical Pharmacist at Poole Bay and Bournemouth PCN describes how some critical factors need to be taken into account when planning and organising PCN pharmacy… read more.
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… read more.
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… read more.
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… read more.
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… read more.
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… read more.
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,… read more.
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… read more.
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