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NPA asks pharmacies to report all patient safety incidents as number plunge in Q2 of 2020
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has asked community pharmacies to report all patient safety incidents despite growing work pressure due to a persisting virus...
FEATURE: Improving care home patient safety
Tariq Muhammad examines how pharmacists can develop a more meaningful service for care homes with the use of electronic patient record systems...
The Covid pandemic...
Pharmacy students at John Moores to use Better’s e-prescribing solution for patient safety
Liverpool John Moores University will use Better’s OPENeP electronic prescribing and medicines administration solution to teach its pharmacy students about modern prescribing practices.
The university...
Pharmacists urged to promote Oxford vaccine safety study among patients
The PSNC has asked community pharmacy teams to encourage their patients who have had Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to participate in a safety study about...
Pharmacists’ expertise crucial in success of virus jabs but safety of staff and patients paramount: RPS
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has reiterated that pharmacists have the expertise to play a crucial role in administering Covid-19 vaccinations.
"We need assurances from the NHS...
WHO pauses trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns
The World Health Organization has suspended testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...