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NICE guideline scope for cannabis-based products for medicinal use
As a registered stakeholder, the ASPCP will be responding to NICE guidance on cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the field of palliative and supportive care. NICE has released the guidance scope which is open for consultation until 4th Dec. If you would like...
ASPCP Conference 2018 Presentations
For those members attending the ASPCP annual conference this Thursday in Birmingham you can access presentations from the members events page here. More presentations will be uploaded as these become available. Note that hard copies of presentations will not be...
SOUTH EAST SUBGROUP MINUTES JUNE 2018
Minutes from the June meeting for our South East subgroup and now available in the members area
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Parents of sick babies need more leave, charity says
on February 17, 2019 at 12:19 am
Parents of sick babies need more paternity and maternity leave, a neonatal charity says. […]
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Medicinal cannabis: Why has it taken so long to get to patients?
on February 16, 2019 at 1:24 am
Medicinal cannabis was legalised in November 2018. […]
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Short bursts of intense exercise 'better for weight loss'
on February 16, 2019 at 1:05 am
Researchers suggest bursts of high intensity workouts, like sprinting, are more effective for weight loss. […]
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Vitiligo: Skin condition brought Kenyan friends closer together
on February 16, 2019 at 12:26 am
Kenyan friends Julie Asuju and Wangui Njee talk about their experiences of living with Vitiligo. […]
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Tilly Lockey: 'I can paint with my bionic arms'
on February 15, 2019 at 12:24 pm
Tilly Lockey, 13, has bionic arms that are so sophisticated she can now use a paintbrush and apply make-up. […]
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Rescheduling of Gabapentin and Pregabalin to Schedule 3 Controlled Drugs from 1 April 2019
on February 13, 2019 at 3:41 pm
Gabapentin and Pregabalin will be reclassified to Schedule 3 Controlled Drugs (CDs). This means from 1 April 2019: Prescriptions for Gabapentin and Pregabalin need to meet full prescription requir […]
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Class 2 Medicines recall: Actavis Group Irbesartan Film-coated tablets
on February 13, 2019 at 1:28 pm
Class 2 Medicines recall: Actavis Group Irbesartan Film-coated tablets... […]
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Pharmacy bodies join together to support pharmacy sector to learn from failures of care at Gosport
on February 13, 2019 at 11:02 am
The General Pharmaceutical Council, Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Association of Pharmacy Technicians in the UK have joined together to publish a reflection and learning resource to support everyon […]
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Joint statement from the RPS and GPhC on the safety features under the Falsified Medicines Directive coming into force
on February 8, 2019 at 11:55 am
The legal requirements of the safety features Delegated Regulation under the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) will be in force from 9 February 2019 onwards. The chief executives of the GPhC and RP […]
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Class 4 defect information: Amoxicillin 500mg Capsules BP
on February 4, 2019 at 3:17 pm
Accord Healthcare has advised that a change to the Patient Information Leaflet for Amoxicillin 500mg Capsules BP has not been implemented by the required timeline. Staytotally up to date with all t […]
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Pharmacy bodies join together to support pharmacy sector to learn from failures of care at Gosport
by bbellars on February 12, 2019 at 10:21 am
The General Pharmaceutical Council, Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Association of Pharmacy Technicians in the UK have joined together to publish a reflection and learning resource to support everyone across the pharmacy to learn the lessons from the Gosport Independent Panel report. […]
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Joint statement from the GPhC and RPS on the safety features under the Falsified Medicines Directive coming into force
by MiranHassan on February 8, 2019 at 11:50 am
Joint statement from the General Pharmaceutical Council and Royal Pharmaceutical Society on the safety features under the Falsified Medicines Directive coming into force The legal requirements of the safety features Delegated Regulation under the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) will be in force from 9 February 2019 onwards. The chief executives of the GPhC and RPS met earlier this week to discuss professional concerns around FMD implementation. Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive of the General Pharmaceutical Council, said: […]
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GPhC council meeting on 7 February 2019
by MiranHassan on February 4, 2019 at 3:29 pm
Our next council meeting takes place on Thursday 7 February 2019. Read the agenda and papers for the meeting. You can follow the meeting live from our twitter account […]
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Safety features Delegated Regulation under the Falsified Medicines Directive: Joint statement from the MHRA and GPhC
by MiranHassan on January 17, 2019 at 10:28 am
Roles of the regulators as FMD legislation comes into force On 9 February 2019 the legal requirements of the safety features Delegated Regulation under the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) come into force. All health and care providers, including registered pharmacies, are expected to meet the requirements under UK law.&nbs […]
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More data on June 2018 registration assessment performance
by suzannah.nobbs on January 14, 2019 at 11:21 am
We have released more data about the performance of candidates in the June 2018 registration assessment, including: first attempt candidates’ percentage pass rate by training provider anonymised marks of individual candidates who passed the assessment at the first attempt and trained in either hospital or community settings, as well as the school of pharmacy where they studied To protect candidates’ personal data, the information includes only those statistics where individual candidates cannot be identified. […]