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Diagnosis of depression is infrequently recorded on older adults’ patient notes, a survey of 27 acute hospitals across England has shown.

The government has responded to a petition calling for responsible pharmacist proposals to be rejected saying that it has no current plans to remove the requirement that a pharmacist must supervise the sale or supply of pharmacy or prescription only medicines at or from a registered pharmacy.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has written to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to express concern “about the lack of communication” on proposals to develop a five-year pharmacist apprenticeship.

Deaths from liver disease related to serious hepatitis C fell by more than 16% between 2015 and 2017, according to data published by Public Health England.

The number of pharmacy training places in Wales is set to nearly double in the next four years, the Welsh government has announced.

Older adults with hypertension who take sleeping tablets are more likely to receive an increased number of antihypertensive medicines over time, study results have shown.

The government has said it will “review its position” on drug stockpiles held in case of a no-deal Brexit after the UK agreed an extension to its date for leaving the EU.

Over half of patients started on statin therapy do not achieve optimal therapeutic reduction of their cholesterol within two years, a study published in Heart has found.

A research team is studying whether drones could be used to deliver hospital medicines or blood to isolated patients in rural areas of Wales.

NHS spending on over-the-counter items in England fell by £25.9m in the year to January 2019, despite NHS England promising up to £100m of savings when it published guidance on reducing the number of prescriptions for OTC medicines.

Online pharmacies will have to verify the identities of patients they are prescribing for, under new guidance published by the General Pharmaceutical Council.

A previously reported association between analgesic use in pregnancy and childhood asthma is likely to result from confounding factors, researchers have concluded.

Proposals to develop a five-year apprenticeship scheme for pharmacists have been criticised as “highly disruptive to the profession”.

Beta interferons improve survival in patients with relapsing-onset multiple sclerosis when used for at least three years, research has shown.

The General Pharmaceutical Council has introduced a new regime for the inspection of pharmacies, including three different types of inspections and inspections generally being unannounced.

Over-the-counter treatments that do not contain antibiotics should be considered for the symptomatic management of sore throat to help protect against antimicrobial resistance, researchers have recommended.

The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis has announced plans to extend its remit to focus on clinical trials.

Seven female pharmacists have been added to the latest update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Pharmacists should not sell cannabis-derived medical products over the counter, according to pharmacy students at the 2019 Annual Professional Debate.

Exclusive: The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it would be “fully supportive” of the Care Quality Commission taking on the regulation of pharmacist-run online services outside of a registered pharmacy.