What are Wasted Medicines? Wasted medicines are unused medicines which have been prescribed for named patients and are not required. Medicine waste can occur due to patients over-ordering medicines on...
As COVID-19 numbers rise across the country and we enter a second lockdown, the demand for Pneumovax 23(PPV-23) has risen substantially, causing a shortage across various areas in Europe, and also in...
Stop smoking tips for your patients Whilst working as a community pharmacist, we come across many patients who are in poor health due to smoking. With 14% of the overall population smoking, it is gett...
7 tips to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in your pharmacyEveryone should do what they can to stop coronavirus from spreading. It is particularly important for people who work in the pharmaceutical/h...
Many of the world’s most common infectious diseases – cholera, hepatitis, rabies and meningitis – can be prevented with a quick trip to a local travel clinic. Still, some individuals are u...
Working as a community pharmacist, we often see many patients who are in extremely poor health due to their diet and lifestyle choices. 9 times out of 10, these lifestyle choices have contributed to t...
Running a pharmacy requires many roles. Management is only one of your responsibilities, even though it’s a full-time job on its own. The quality of your pharmacy management significantly affects the ...
Clinical community pharmacists; the way forward? In late November I was invited by the University of Manchester Pharmacy Society (MUPS) to deliver a talk to mixed years pharmacy undergraduates about m...
What is FMD The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) is a series of European anti-counterfeiting measures that will see pharmacists scan medicine products to verify their authenticity before decommiss...