Care continues to shine in difficult times

This has been a truly exceptional year for the world, the UK, the NHS and us as healthcare professionals. For me 2020 has been a true year of ups and downs and I mean this personally and...

The work goes on

Adapting to the new normal

As I write this editorial it is the beginning of a new academic year and preparations are almost complete for the new intake of students across the wide range of healthcare-related programmes, both...

Professional prescribing has made progress

The consequences of online prescribing

Drug Breakdown: Mercaptopurine

Day 1: A metabolite of azathioprine, #mercaptopurine was discovered to be an immunosuppressant circa 1950s. The role for #mercaptopurine developed in leukaemias (acute and maintenance therapy) and...

Drug Breakdown: Methotrexate

Starting students face new standards

Expanding the role of community pharmacists