The UK’s increasingly ageing population means that the Specials’ market is going to mushroom over the next few decades. Let’s take a look at some of the current statistics and speak to some of the major movers and shakers. There are positive signs that the balance between cost and quality is being restored in the Specials [...]
The opening conference for the Advanced Pharmacy Leadership Programme, which was held in Cardiff at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) offices, recently took place. The 15-month programme is designed to develop effective leadership skills through a mix of learning through action, executive coaching and project work. A variety of expert speakers contributed over the two-day [...]
Pharmacy Research UK (PRUK) has published its inaugural annual research report, which highlights the impact its funding and researchers have had since PRUK’s launch in 2012 and throughout 2015. The report also takes the opportunity to share with readers its vision for the future. Since its launch, PRUK has awarded nearly £1.2 million to support research capacity building [...]
Patients and clinicians are to benefit from the latest healthcare app which targets people with multiple medical conditions. The care of patients with multiple medical conditions is one of the greatest challenges now faced by healthcare providers and it is a key priority in the 2020 Vision Routemap for NHSScotland. NHS Education for Scotland (NES) [...]
Health researchers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have been awarded funding of almost £10,000 to investigate whether Scottish plants could hold the key to increasing the effectiveness of cancer drugs and boosting survival rates. A research team led by Dr Gemma Barron has received £9,800 from medical research funding charity Tenovus Scotland Grampian for an 18 -month project which [...]
Clinigen Group plc,the global pharmaceutical and services company, has become a full member of the European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM) and Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacy in the EU (ASOP EU), both aiming to protect patients from the dangers of falsified or counterfeit drugs. EAASM and ASOP are independent, not-for-profit organisations fighting [...]
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has published updated guidance to support pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England, Scotland and Wales who have access to patient electronic health records (EHRs). Electronic Health Records (EHR): Guidance for Community Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians informs pharmacy professionals on key principles concerning the maintenance and use of EHRs of all [...]
A new Advanced Therapy Manufacturing Taskforce has been launched by the Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP) to secure the future of manufacturing advanced therapies in the UK. Co-chaired by Minister for Life Sciences George Freeman and Ian McCubbin, SVP North America, Japan & Global Pharma Supply, GlaxoSmithKline, the new taskforce will be working to identify [...]
Health and Social Services (HSSD) in Jersey have signed a contract with JAC to roll out their Chemotherapy Management System (CMS) product in the oncology department at The General Hospital to improve the service provided to cancer patients. The General Hospital is a 250-bed hospital based in St Helier and serves the whole island, with a [...]
An international public-private consortium of researchers brought together by the University of Dundee and led by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research has identified and validated for the first time the cellular role of a primary Parkinson’s disease drug target. In work published in eLife, the team comprising investigators from the University of Dundee, Max [...]
