Sasa Jankovic

1 month ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Sasa Jankovic

Around 5,000 heart attacks could be prevented in the UK every decade by treating patients with a combination of statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe sooner after a heart attack, study results have shown.

2 months ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Sasa Jankovic

People with sensory impairment experience a “wide range” of barriers to patient safety along “all stages of the medicine journey”, a report commissioned by Henrietta Hughes, the patient safety commissioner for England, has concluded. The ‘Safety gap report‘, published on 31 March 2025, found that there are “serious gaps and deficiencies” in terms of access to and safe use of medicines and medical devices, with many barriers associated with access to information — primarily written information.

2 months ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Sasa Jankovic

There is an “urgent” need to develop and implement a role for community pharmacy in medicines homecare services in Scotland, a review of the system has said. The independent review, published on 20 March 2025, was commissioned by the chief pharmaceutical officer for Scotland Alison Strath, following reports of poor standards of care in the sector, including delays, cancelled medicine deliveries, lack of continuity of supply and poor communication.

2 months ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Sasa Jankovic

Pharmacy involvement is “absent” from 43% of tuberculosis (TB) services in England, according to a report from the Getting It Right First Time projects team at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH/GIRFT).

2 months ago | hospitalpharmacyeurope.com | Sasa Jankovic |Helena Beer

For pharmacists with the will, time and support to get involved in clinical research, the benefits are many – not only for them, but also for their patients, teams and hospitals. Saša Janković shares an overview of the importance of pharmacists’ involvement in research, what ever form that takes, with top tips for getting started. With a workforce under pressure, getting involved in clinical trials and pilot research projects might be the last thing on hospital pharmacists’ minds.