Monthly Archives: February 2016

NHS Could Save £135m Annually By Having a Pharmacist in Every Care Home

NHS Could Save £135m Annually By Having a Pharmacist in Every Care Home

The NHS could save a massive £135 million a year by having a pharmacist in every care home across the UK according to a new report published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). The report, 'The Right Medicine - Improving Care in Care Homes', highlights that having pharmacist led reviews in care homes improves both patient safety for the elderly but can also save the NHS money by preventing avoidable hospital admissions. Due to the reports findings', the RPS, Alzheimer's Society, The Patients Association and Care England have all called for a pharmacist to…Read more …
Pharmapod CEO announced to speak at HPAI Conference 2016

Pharmapod CEO announced to speak at HPAI Conference 2016

Pharmapod founder and CEO, Leonora O’Brien, has been announced as a speaker at this year’s Hospital Pharmacists Association of Ireland Conference. The HPAI hold an annual educational conference and this year it will be taking place on the 8th – 10th of April in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Santry, Dublin. The HPAI is a voluntary organisation that represents its members on issues relevant to hospital pharmacies. Their aim is to further the development of hospital pharmacy practices, assist in the provision of continuing pharmaceutical education, represent the views of the hospital pharmacists on…Read more …
To Err is Human, to learn Professional

To Err is Human, to learn Professional

“To Err is Human, to forgive divine” – While healthcare professionals may not necessarily seek forgiveness for error, they should seek one thing above all; to learn. Last week in Dublin’s Royal College of Surgeons, Mena Eskander delivered a lecture introducing the topic of medication errors to the school’s second year undergraduate pharmacy students. Medication error is not an abstract topic,  nor is it solely the responsibility or concern of the dispensing pharmacist. Setting the scene first with an account of a fatal error associated with an OTC product, it was clear that…Read more …