Tomorrow is World Patient Safety Day and this year’s focus is ‘Medication Without Harm’. A number of medication-related pitfalls can put patients at risk of harm, and we urgently need…Read More >
medicine reuse
The COVID-19 pandemic is our chance to learn how to reuse old medicines
It’s usually illegal to reuse leftover medicines in the UK for any purpose. But as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has released guidance that allows this to happen…Read More >
Medicines: is it time to challenge the throw away culture?
We throw away or destroy millions of unused medicines each year, at an estimated cost of £300m to the NHS. But could they be safely re-used? Reading’s Dr Parastou Donyai…Read More >