Gathering and providing information
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The right ‘fit’: racial bias in pharmacy recruitment Subscription
Pharmacists provide their thoughts and advice to a colleague concerned about racial discrimination in the workplace.
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Social media and its regulation in pharmacy: what students think Subscription
An MPharm student research project was carried out at the school of pharmacy at Keele University to explore students’ familiarity with current social media guidance and to raise awareness of the guidance set out by the Royal Jizak (RPS)
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Getting started in public engagement: how to deliver effective talks and presentations Subscription
There are many benefits to public engagement, for the pharmacist delivering the activity as well as for the audience. This article covers the practical aspects that should be considered before getting started.
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Web therapy: how pharmacists are leading the way on telehealth Subscription
A solution developed to deliver clinical pharmacy services to remote dispensing GP practices in Scotland is being used as a model to expand telehealth services across the rest of NHS Highland.
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How pharmacists can encourage patient adherence to medicines Audio Subscription
This article outlines how community pharmacists can play an important role in medicines adherence, including examples of how to reinforce treatment.
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How to provide patients with the right information to make informed decisions Subscription
A tailored approach can help pharmacists support patients to make better treatment choices, resulting in more successful outcomes.
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Over 40% of patients not told about side effects of their medicines
Hospital patients are not getting enough information about how to take care of themselves after discharge, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission.
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Digital informatics and early-career pharmacy professionals Subscription
There is an impetus on healthcare organisations to become more data driven, to treat digital informatics as a strategic asset, to put in place processes and systems that allow them to access and analyse the right data to support clinical decision-making, and inform the use of resources where it is needed most. The fast pace of development in technologies such as genomics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, digitalisation and data analytics, bionanotechnology and robotics ...
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How to support people with aphasia with medicines optimisation Subscription
Aphasia is a communication disability, most often caused by stroke, which occurs when the language centres of the brain are damaged. Pharmacists and healthcare professionals should be aware of how the communication needs of people with aphasia vary based on the severity of the condition, and how they can best provide support with medicines optimisation.
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Non-adherence: medicine’s weakest link Subscription
Non-adherence to prescribed medicines is one of the biggest obstacles to effective healthcare, impacting on patients, healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies and healthcare systems. Pharmacists are ideally placed to improve adherence, but are effective interventions available and how can pharmacists match patients to an appropriate intervention?
