The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (‘the college’) recently hosted a debate on end-of-life care – the second in a series of evening medico-legal debates organised and led by the college, with support from the Faculty of Advocates. On the debating panel were Edinburgh Western MSP, Alex Cole-Hamilton, David Stephenson QC, as well as [...]
An election will take place for a new National Pharmacy Association (NPA) board member in Scotland after Noel Wicks stepped down from his role as Scotland representative, after seven years last week. Noel, who is the Managing Director of Right Medicine Pharmacy, which has 22 branches located throughout central Scotland, said that he left his [...]
Young people are being asked for their views on plans to deliver a new grant worth £300 a year to young carers. The Young Carer Grant will be available to carers aged 16-to-17, not in receipt of Carers Allowance, who spend 16 hours or more a week caring for people entitled to qualifying disability benefits. [...]
A drug used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and vasculitis, as well as to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients, has been identified as an important contributor to skin cancer development, in a research study carried out at the University of Dundee, Queen Mary University of London, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The research [...]
A new Scottish Pharmacy Clinical Leadership Fellowship scheme is aiming to provide NHSScotland with a group of senior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are committed to pharmacy development and have enhanced capability to offer leadership in their work place and potentially at national and international levels. From this month, four Scottish pharmacist clinical leadership fellows [...]
An additional £1.5 million funding for rape crisis centres will help improve the support available for victims of sexual violence. Speaking on a visit to Rape Crisis Scotland, Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People, Shirley-Anne Somerville, said, ‘The Scottish government has taken many actions to take forward our commitment to preventing and eradicating [...]
