A pharmacists perspective on digital health.
Pharmacy Technicians are healthcare professionals who work collaboratively with pharmacists and are responsible for preparing, supplying, administering as well as promoting the safe and effective use of medicines. They also accuracy check medicines for prescriptions, package, assemble and label them, as well as respond to patients and customers queries. A Pharmacy Technician could be placed […]
The reality of climate change is becoming harder to ignore and pharmacies are often overlooked in being able to make a difference. Below is a list of our Top 10 ways pharmacies can adopt better environmental practice: 1. Conserve energy Something all businesses can do is use energy-efficient lighting and heating such as automatic light […]
One of the major costs associated with starting a new pharmacy in the UK is the initial cost of stock. It is a requirement of the NHS Pharmacy contract, that licensed pharmacies are required to dispense all medicines presented by patients on NHS prescriptions in a timely manner. If the pharmacy does not have the […]
In the latter quarter of what seems to be the worst year ever, 2020, it seems the opportunities for slipping into clinical depression are exponentially increasing. The latest statistics show bereavement, isolation, loss of income and fear; all triggers for mental health conditions, are on the rise. If you want to see how the depression […]
It is no secret in the medical sector, that evidence for the efficacy of traditional antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs, NASSAs…) is underwhelming. In 2018, the largest ever meta-analysis concluded that the majority of their effect, if any, can be attributed to placebo¹. That being said, the clinical rationale for taking them is still sound, as prescribing […]
Currently, prescribing pharmacists in the UK cannot prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs). Prescribing of CBPMs for medicinal use in the UK is restricted to only those clinicians listed on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council¹. The GMC² does not specify what type of speciality is needed (there are over 60 possible […]
In the latter half of 2020, it has been reported in the popular press¹’²’³, that a number of school-aged children from Camden, London, UK have been taken to hospital having taken imitation “Nerds” sweets containing the psychoactive element of cannabis, THC. The pack (see above) states it contains a total amount of 600 mg of […]
Flu has been responsible for the world’s most deadly pandemics having once killed 50 million people in a single wave (Spanish Flu, 1918). The technology to produce flu vaccines at a low cost and at scale, to protect the public only emerged in response to the “avian flu” pandemic which broke out in Hong Kong […]
With second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in full bloom, we look at what new pandemic might lie just over the horizon. The planet has experienced far worse pandemics than COVID-19. Other than the Black Death and European plagues, where epidemiological data is understandably spotty; Russian, Spanish, Asian and Hong Kong Flu have […]
“I have Bi Polar Type 2 (not officially diagnosed as my GP had already started my treatment on mood stabiliser Olanzapine) I am diagnosed as having Major depression, I’m on a SNRI Venlafaxine, also diagnosed with very mild BPD, and generalised anxiety disorder, I have taken street ketamine before and use once a week, it […]