The patient information leaflet: is it really working for patients?
How a broader approach to medicines information will encourage safer use and better understanding for patients....
GPhC increases minimum level of study for pharmacy technicians in new training standards
Under the regulator's new standards, the minimum level of study for pharmacy technicians will be increased to Regulated Qualifications Framework...
NICE draft guidance recommends finerenone for type of chronic heart failure
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence noted that indirect comparison suggests that finerenone may work as well as...
Health news round-up: vaccination, testosterone and neighbourhood health
The Pharmaceutical Journals weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed....
Stopping antipsychotics in patients with dementia reduces risk of fracture and delirium
The studyrsquo;s lead author said the ldquo;findings provide reassurancerdquo; that stopping long-term antipsychotic treatment when no longer needed prevents harms....
Coroner raises concerns over lack of national guidance on prescribing for hepatitis B reactivation
A patient died from complications from reactivation of hepatitis B, after the supply of viral reactivation prophylaxis was inadvertently discontinued....