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...
The Ridge Pharmacy Takeover Taking over The Ridge Pharmacy in Bradford has been one of the most challenging takeovers we have ever experienced. However, the pharmacy team at The Ridge have been brilli...
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...