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Two New Members Join the Scottish Pharmacy Board

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has announced that Tamara Cairney and Andrew Carruthers have joined the Scottish Pharmacy Board as co-opted board members. Tamara is a pharmacist in a split role between the Royal Alexandra Hospital and GP practices in Renfrewshire and is working to complete the NES Pharmacist Vocational Foundation Training Programme. Tamara started [...]

By |2018-09-26T13:35:05+00:00September 26th, 2018|Regional News|Comments Off on Two New Members Join the Scottish Pharmacy Board

Staff Urged to Double-Check Patients with ‘Penicillin Allergy’ to Avoid MRSA Risk

People who incorrectly believe that they are allergic to penicillin are unnecessarily put at an increased risk of developing MRSA or C difficile, NICE has warned. As a result, healthcare staff should be aware of this and ensure that only people with a true allergy to penicillin are documented as such. Incorrectly identifying people as [...]

By |2018-09-26T13:34:16+00:00September 26th, 2018|Regional News|Comments Off on Staff Urged to Double-Check Patients with ‘Penicillin Allergy’ to Avoid MRSA Risk

FDA Approves New Kind of Treatment for Hairy Cell Leukemia

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved Lumoxiti (moxetumomab pasudotox-tdfk) injection for intravenous use for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemia (HCL) who have received at least two prior systemic therapies, including treatment with a purine nucleoside analog. Lumoxiti is a CD22-directed cytotoxin and is the first of [...]

By |2018-09-19T13:08:41+00:00September 19th, 2018|Regional News|Comments Off on FDA Approves New Kind of Treatment for Hairy Cell Leukemia

New Treatment Option for Patients with High-Risk Skin Cancer

Hundreds of patients with a type of advanced skin cancer are set to benefit from a new treatment, dabrafenib plus trametinib. NICE’s positive recommendation applies to adults who have stage III BRAF V600 mutation-positive melanoma that has spread to nearby lymph vessels or lymph glands, which make up an important part of our immune system. [...]

By |2018-09-19T13:07:54+00:00September 19th, 2018|Regional News|Comments Off on New Treatment Option for Patients with High-Risk Skin Cancer

National Pharmacy Association Election for Board Member in Scotland

An election will take place for a new National Pharmacy Association (NPA) board member in Scotland after Noel Wicks stepped down from his role as Scotland representative, after seven years last week. Noel, who is the Managing Director of Right Medicine Pharmacy, which has 22 branches located throughout central Scotland, said that he left his [...]

By |2018-09-19T13:06:26+00:00September 19th, 2018|Regional News|Comments Off on National Pharmacy Association Election for Board Member in Scotland

Details Announced for 2019 Northern Ireland Pharmacy Conference

The countdown to the 2019 Northern Ireland Pharmacy Conference – in partnership with the Pharmacists’ Defence Association – is officially on. We are all working hard – but are we working smart? As the pressure upon the NHS reaches breaking point, the time has come to consider how the unique skills of pharmacists around the [...]

By |2018-09-12T10:40:25+00:00September 12th, 2018|2019 Northern Ireland Pharmacy Conference|Comments Off on Details Announced for 2019 Northern Ireland Pharmacy Conference

Regulation of Pharmacy Technicians Must be Capable of Protecting the Public

The PDA (Pharmacists’ Defence Association) has released the highly-anticipated second chapter of the Pharmacy Technicians Report that assesses the current roles and capabilities of pharmacy technicians in the UK. The existence of a register of pharmacy technicians can’t be relied upon in isolation to protect the public, but must be underpinned by a suitably structured [...]

By |2018-09-12T10:36:37+00:00September 12th, 2018|Regional News|Comments Off on Regulation of Pharmacy Technicians Must be Capable of Protecting the Public

Study Links Widely-Used Drug Azathioprine to Skin Cancers

A drug used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and vasculitis, as well as to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients, has been identified as an important contributor to skin cancer development, in a research study carried out at the University of Dundee, Queen Mary University of London, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The research [...]

By |2018-09-12T10:34:56+00:00September 12th, 2018|Regional News|Comments Off on Study Links Widely-Used Drug Azathioprine to Skin Cancers

Scientists Develop New Drug Treatment for TB

Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed the first non-antibiotic drug to successfully treat tuberculosis in animals. The team hope that the compound – developed after 10 years of painstaking research – will be trialled on humans within three-to-four years. The drug, which works by targeting Mycobacterium Tuberculosis’ defences rather than the bacteria itself, [...]

By |2018-09-12T10:33:44+00:00September 12th, 2018|Regional News|Comments Off on Scientists Develop New Drug Treatment for TB

2018 Scottish Pharmacy Awards Announced: Save the Date

At a time when it can feel like the weight of the world is winning, and darkness often dominates, SPR is proud to cast a light on the positivity which continues to prevail throughout the sector – via our annual Scottish Pharmacy Awards. This year the black-tie celebrations are set to get underway at the [...]

By |2018-08-22T09:04:36+00:00August 22nd, 2018|Regional News|Comments Off on 2018 Scottish Pharmacy Awards Announced: Save the Date