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First-of-its-kind in Ireland app to assist patients to describe their symptoms in their native tongue

The number of registered pharmacists increased from 5,245 in 2013 to 5,439, according to the annual report for 2014 of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI).

As many as one-in-seven visits currently made to a GP surgery could actually be dealt with in a local pharmacy at lower cost and with greater efficiency, a meeting on healthcare heard last week.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

Dear Editor, As is now widely known, the PCRS is paying €15 to GPs for a flu shot, the same as paid to pharmacists and as is already reported, the Minister for Health Dr James Reilly does not see any reason to pay the GP more than a pharmacist when they deliver the same service (no comment).

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Dara Gantly.

By Catherine Reilly.

An innovative cloud-based medication incident reporting system called Pharmapod has been launched to increase patient safety and meet the legal and regulatory requirements around medication safety and reporting by pharmacists.

By Pat Kelly.