RPS Welsh Conference Announced

Shifting care safely into people’s own homes and reducing avoidable admissions to hosital is a critical question for the NHS. In Wales, this challenge is being faced head-on with health and social care professionals meeting later this year in Cardiff to consider just how pharmacists and other professionals can make the shift a reality. Headlined [...]

By |2016-09-06T09:22:35+00:00September 6th, 2016|Safety|Comments Off on RPS Welsh Conference Announced

System to Reduce Medicine-Related Accidents Ineffective

A new study questions the effectiveness of using pictogram message on the labels of anxiety and sleep medications that interfere with driving – an approach that’s currently implemented across France. The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study found that the risk of being responsible for a crash associated with these medicines did not decrease long-term [...]

By |2016-08-23T11:28:38+00:00August 23rd, 2016|Safety|Comments Off on System to Reduce Medicine-Related Accidents Ineffective

Thousands of Dangerous Medicines Seized in North of Ireland

Health Minister, Michelle O’Neill, has revealed the seizure of tens of thousands of illegally imported and unauthorised medicines in the north of Ireland as part of an international operation. Operation Pangea IX, which took place between 30th May and 7th June, involving 103 countries, aimed to disrupt the illicit online sale of medicines as well [...]

By |2016-06-13T09:07:44+00:00June 13th, 2016|Safety|Comments Off on Thousands of Dangerous Medicines Seized in North of Ireland

Importance of Reporting Patient Safety Incidents Emphasised

Many pharmacies in England are already using the NPA Patient Safety Incident report form to report patient safety incidents, but some pharmacies appear to be reporting more frequently than others. Pharmacists are reminded that they have an obligation to record and report all patient safety incidents. All pharmacies should have procedures in place for recording all incidents [...]

By |2016-06-03T13:16:44+00:00June 4th, 2016|Safety|Comments Off on Importance of Reporting Patient Safety Incidents Emphasised

Call for Introduction of a Pharmacy-Led Service for Chronic Medication

Llyr Huws Griffiths, Plaid Cymru’s Assembly Member for the North Wales region, recently visited Cohens Pharmacy in Colwyn Bay for a first-hand experience of how community pharmacies serve his constituents. Mr Griffiths was welcomed to the pharmacy by pharmacist Robert Carroll and Fiona Jones, a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Welsh Pharmacy Board, who [...]

By |2016-05-26T10:40:51+00:00May 26th, 2016|Safety|Comments Off on Call for Introduction of a Pharmacy-Led Service for Chronic Medication

Renewed Concern Over Drug-Driving Levels

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has combined forces with insurance comparison website, www.confused.com, to raise awareness of the law around drug-driving and how pharmacists can help drivers stay safe on the road. President Ash Soni fronted 15 radio interviews and featured on ITV's Good Morning Britain plus SKY News along with Confused.com, whose new research [...]

By |2016-05-19T10:12:29+00:00May 19th, 2016|Safety|Comments Off on Renewed Concern Over Drug-Driving Levels

Safety Conference Promotes Pharmacy Collaboration

A team of Robert Gordon University (RGU) scientists hosted a major health conference in the Middle East this spring. Lecturers from the university’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences organised a patient safety conference which was held at the Sheraton Hotel, Doha, Qatar on 22nd and 23rd April. More than 300 delegates attended the two-day [...]

By |2016-05-13T08:49:32+00:00May 13th, 2016|Safety|Comments Off on Safety Conference Promotes Pharmacy Collaboration

Whistleblowing Policy Published

NHS England recently published a national integrated whistleblowing policy that is hoped will standardise the way NHS organisations support staff who raise concerns. Whistleblowing/raising concerns about risk, malpractice or wrongdoing which is believed to be compromising patient care, working conditions or calling into question the induction or training for staff is nothing new. Anyone who works (or has worked) [...]

By |2016-04-14T15:02:22+00:00April 14th, 2016|Resources, Risk, Safety, Staffing|Comments Off on Whistleblowing Policy Published