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Enhancing cancer care: The Maggie’s model of tailored support and partnership

Written by | 13 Aug 2025

Cancer care charity, Maggie’s, provides tailored support for cancer patients that complements clinical treatment. Founded in 1996 by Maggie Keswick-Jencks after she was told that she had recurrent […]

Tackling the scandal of unacceptably high death rates in schizophrenia

Written by | 14 Jul 2025

Schizophrenia, remains to this day “arguably the worst disease affecting mankind”, according to John Donoghue (Director, Medicines in Mental Health Ltd). It continues to present a profound challenge […]

Biologics and homecare in rheumatology pharmacy

Written by | 4 Jun 2025

Rheumatology specialist pharmacist Kalveer Flora started her work in rheumatology when the first biosimilar for rheumatology was launched in 2017. At that time, biosimilars were relatively new, and […]

Revolutionising medication distribution: Oulu University Hospital’s smart unit dose system

Written by | 22 Apr 2025

Oulu University Hospital in Finland has embarked on an ambitious journey to become “the world’s smartest hospital” and a key part of this transformation is the implementation of […]

Tackling polypharmacy in rheumatology clinics

Written by | 2 Apr 2025

Consultant Pharmacist Hilary McKee runs regular rheumatology clinics at Antrim Hospital in Northern Ireland. She is an independent prescriber and much of her work involves review and fine-tuning […]

GLP-1 RAs – where are we now? What have we learned?

Written by | 17 Mar 2025

Pharmacist Deborah Evans runs a weight-management clinic at Remedi Health in Winchester. She has helped many people to lose weight and improve their health using the GLP-1 receptor […]

Launching a hospital pharmacy drone delivery service for underserved communities

Written by | 17 Feb 2025

Cindy Williams, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at Riverside Health, Virginia, USA, is leading a multidisciplinary project to implement medication delivery by drone in order to improve […]

What are the next steps for drone delivery of medicines?

Written by | 16 Feb 2025

Much has been learned in the process of developing the drone-delivery scheme. Routine deliveries of medications have been made every 90 days to project patients for 18 months […]

How does a drone delivery service for medicines work in practice?

Written by | 15 Feb 2025

In this pilot project, deliveries of medicines were made to individuals in single-family homes; the medicines were packaged in purpose-designed boxes and the recipients had to agree to […]

Challenging logistics of a drone delivery service for medicines

Written by | 14 Feb 2025

The drone delivery service had to operate within a number of ‘guard-rails’ including restrictions on the types of medicines that could be carried and the suitability of destinations.  […]

Could a drone delivery service for medicines improve healthcare?

Written by | 13 Feb 2025

Cindy Williams, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at Riverside Health, Virginia, USA, is leading a multidisciplinary project to implement medication delivery by drone in order to improve […]

Implementing innovative clinical pharmacy services to improve patient care in Northern Ireland

Written by | 20 Jan 2025

Innovative clinical pharmacy services have been developed in Northern Ireland that both improve patient care and save money. In this series of short videos Professor Cathy Harrison (Chief […]

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