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ASPCP 10th Annual Conference
We look forward to welcoming to our 10th annual conference at the Studios venue Birmingham on 16th November 2017. Registration is now open via Eventbrite. A draft programme is available on the Events...
GPhC consultation
The GPhC are consulting on guidance for pharmacy owners on ensuring a safe and effective pharmacy team including registered and unregistered pharmacy staff. The consultation can be found via...
NHS England and Clinical Commissioners consultation on items to not routinely prescribe in primary care
NHS England and NHS Clinical Commissioners are consulting on a range of items that should not be routinely prescribed in primary care. The list includes some items often used in palliative care including fast acting fentanyls and lidocaine plasters. Organisations are...
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Bowel cancer test: 'No health minister' means NI people must wait
on August 16, 2017 at 5:21 am
A new screening test for bowel cancer in NI is on hold because there is no Stormont health minister. […]
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Maternity 'must improve' at baby-deaths hospital trust
on August 16, 2017 at 12:45 am
Progress is made at the Shrewsbury and Telford trust but maternity services must improve, the CQC says. […]
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Meningitis jab uptake 'worryingly low'
on August 15, 2017 at 11:06 pm
School-leavers are being urged to be immunised against the highly aggressive strain. […]
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Time spent frail in old age 'doubles'
on August 15, 2017 at 11:00 pm
More care homes are needed as an ageing population puts pressure on services, researchers suggest. […]
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Apology over Indian blood donation 'embarrassment'
on August 15, 2017 at 11:01 am
A "communication breakdown" meant 100 members of the Indian community were not allowed to give blood. […]
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St Ann’s Hospice receives Honorary Membership from British-Lithuanian charity
by l.hawkins@hospiceuk.org (Leila Hawkins) on August 16, 2017 at 10:07 am
St Ann’s Hospice in Manchester has received an Honorary Membership from British-Lithuanian charity the Tiltas Trust. […]
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Charity is recruiting trainers for budding hospice patient biographers
by l.hawkins@hospiceuk.org (Leila Hawkins) on August 15, 2017 at 11:00 am
The Hospice Biographers charity is recruiting trainers to teach volunteer journalists to become audio biographers at hospices across the UK. […]
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St Catherine’s Hospice education programme improves end of life care in the community
by l.hawkins@hospiceuk.org (Leila Hawkins) on August 15, 2017 at 9:57 am
A training programme at St Catherine’s Hospice in Preston has helped to improve end of life care in Central Lancashire by identifying more people who are thought to be in their last year of life. […]
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Report by Marie Curie and Hospice UK informs new course on end of life care
by l.hawkins@hospiceuk.org (Leila Hawkins) on August 14, 2017 at 11:14 am
A study by the Marie Curie Research Centre at Cardiff University and the former National Council for Palliative Care which recently merged with Hospice UK has formed the basis of a new course at Bolton Hospice. […]
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Why I volunteer: My experience of cancer made me want to help
by l.hawkins@hospiceuk.org (Leila Hawkins) on August 14, 2017 at 10:28 am
Wendy Herridge joined St Barnabas Hospice in Lincoln as a Family Support Services volunteer in 2013, after retiring from her job in the Metropolitan Police Force and re-locating to Lincolnshire to be closer to family. Here she explains how her own battles with cancer led her to volunteering. […]
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Register your pharmacy with PHE's blood pressure campaign
on August 16, 2017 at 3:47 pm
To increase awareness of heart health and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, Public Health England (PHE) will be encouraging adults to complete the new online'One You' Heart Age Test […]
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Drug Safety Update: Adrenaline auto-injectors: updated advice after European review
on August 16, 2017 at 3:03 pm
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a drug safety update with updated advice on adrenaline auto-injectors following a European review. […]
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NHS Improvement Patient Safety Alert: Resources to support safe transition from the Luer connector to NRFit for intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks.
on August 11, 2017 at 11:29 am
NHS Improvement has issued a Patient Safety Alert. […]
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RPS Science Award Winner 2017
on August 11, 2017 at 12:00 am
Dr Dimitrios A. Lamprou is the winner of this year’s RPS Science Award. The award is given to a scientistworking in a pharmaceutical or allied discipline in industry or academia. The winner mus […]
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Regulators publish joint statement on conflicts of interest
on August 10, 2017 at 8:51 am
The General Pharmaceutical Council and the other eight regulators of health and care professionals have signed a joint statement, which sets out what is expected of all healthcare professionals in r […]
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Regulators publish joint statement on conflicts of interest
by ashleigh.farrier on August 8, 2017 at 10:58 am
The General Pharmaceutical Council and the other eight regulators of health and care professionals have signed a joint statement, which sets out what is expected of all healthcare professionals in relation to avoiding, declaring and managing conflicts of interest across all healthcare settings. […]
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Results from June registration assessment announced
by cofathaigh-II on July 27, 2017 at 9:54 pm
We are pleased to announce the names of the 2208 pre-registration trainee pharmacists who passed their registration assessment in June. […]
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We are consulting on guidance to ensure a safe and effective pharmacy team
by kroche-ii on July 20, 2017 at 10:23 am
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GPhC council meeting on 6 July
by kroche-ii on July 3, 2017 at 10:45 am
Our next council meeting takes place on Thursday 6 July. Read the agenda and the papers for the meeting. […]
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GPhC appoints new Chair of Appointments Committee
by ashleigh.farrier on June 29, 2017 at 2:35 pm
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has announced the appointment of Elisabeth Davies as Chair of the Appointments Committee, for an initial four-year term, with effect from 1 August 2017. The Appointments Committee is responsible for the selection and recruitment of statutory committee members. Elizabeth Filkin CBE, who has served as Chair of the GPhC’s Appointments Committee since its inception in September 2010, will retire from the role on 31 July 2017, when her second and final term of office expires. […]