As the spread of COVID-19 presents pressing and continued challenges to our community, the team at Welsh Pharmacy Review would like to express our gratitude to the tremendous members of our healthcare teams as they work tirelessly to assist and support patients. Thank you for all that you do. If you would like to share your [...]
Minister for Health and Social Services, Vaughan Gething, has responded to the latest NHS Wales activity and performance data published today. Minister for Health and Social Services, Vaughan Gething, said, ‘February was another busy month for our emergency departments and ambulance service. It was encouraging to see an improvement in the four hour waiting times [...]
Due to the impact of Covid-19 on pharmacy in community, hospital and GP practice, the Medical Communications team has made the unavoidable decision to move the date of the 2020 Welsh Pharmacy Awards evening to Wednesday 16th September, in the Vale Resort. We are still forging ahead with the programme but will extend the [...]
Childhood liver disease is now thought to affect up to one-in-10 children across Europe, as patients and clinicians throughout the continent are coming together for Big Yellow Friday to call for much-needed improvements to public awareness and earlier diagnoses of childhood liver disease to improve the lives of paediatric patients and their families. Big Yellow [...]
Raj Aggarwal and First Sea Lord Tony Radakin A Cardiff-based pharmacist has been granted the position of Honorary Captain in the Royal Navy. The promotion for Captain Raj Aggarwal OBE, who is a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, was made official at a ceremony in Birmingham. The event was attended by the [...]
The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) has today issued new guidance to physicians on the diagnosis of coeliac disease in children recommending the no-biopsy approach at diagnosis for the majority of children suspected of having the disease. This new guidance aims to help tackle the underdiagnosis of coeliac disease caused by [...]
On Friday 13th September, talkhealth, an online community supporting over 250,00 people with chronic conditions (many of these experiencing skin conditions like eczema), hosted an Eczema Twitter Chat to mark World Atopic Eczema Day (14th September) and the start of National Eczema Week (15th-to-22nd September). The chat involved 20 people, including charities such as British [...]
talkhealth are marking World Atopic Eczema Day (14th September) and the start of National Eczema Week (15th-to-22nd September) by hosting an eczema Twitter chat on Friday 13th September between 1-to-2pm GMT. This will also coincide with their online clinic on skin conditions, which is running throughout the month of September. The Twitter chat will cover a range of questions and conversation topics, such as eczema triggers, care routines, [...]
