Labor Party proposals to nationalize hospital pharmacy services have been taken off the table, the shadow minister of health responsible for pharmacy said. It comes after former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell told LBC Radio in November 2019 that the Labor Party intended to move the provision of pharmacy services “in-house”. Pharmaceutical journal later clarified that […]

Through Josh Marais – March 19, 2021 The Hematology and Oncology Pharmacy team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital has won a prestigious national award. They were named “Pharmacist Team of the Year 2021” at the Clinigen Direct Love Your Pharmacist Awards 2021 at the 25th Congress of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) after a […]

A new five-year plan to revolutionize hospital pharmacy services in Wales has been approved by Health and Social Services Minister Vaughan Gething. The plan will transform the way some of the most innovative and life-saving drugs are prepared, including cancer therapies, intravenous antibiotics and parenteral nutrition. The Transforming Access to Medicines program is a five-year […]

By now, most people will know Margaret Keenan as the first person in the world to receive the COVID-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial. This historic event happened at the University Hospitals of Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) and it was amazing to be a part of it. I am the Division Clinical Director of […]

The senior pharmacist at Nightingale Hospital in London was among the recipients of the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honors List, which focused on frontline responders and community volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic . Jatinder Harchowal, Chief Pharmacist and Quality Improvement Officer at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, received an MBE for service to the pharmacy […]

Aspen Valley Hospital board member Dr Greg Balko gives a thumbs up after being vaccinated. Balko and other board members this week approved a $ 2.1 million renovation project for AVH’s pharmacy. Dan Bayer / Courtesy of Aspen Valley Hospital The Aspen Valley Hospital pharmacy will undergo a $ 2.1 million renovation to bring the […]

Carlisle Crown Court A patient who robbed a hospital pharmacy refrigerator and injected himself with a drug he took received a suspended prison sentence. James Leslie Foxcroft, 32, visited West Cumberland Hospital around 3 a.m. on July 29 of last year. He first left a cabin he had been told to stay in, prompting a […]