Front Cover Picture
Our front cover photograph shows the Princess Royal and the President
of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society admiring the certificate of honorary
fellowship of the Society that was presented to the Princess during a
recent dinner at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to mark the
sesquicentenary year of the Society in Scotland (p47).
Comment (p39).
EHC pharmacists defended
The Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham health action zone has rejected
the Daily Mail’s criticism of community pharmacists offering emergency
hormonal contraception under a patient group direction (p40).
Comment (p39).
Walk-in centres criticised
The Consumers’ Association publication Which? has criticised what
it describes as widely varied levels and quality of care in National Health
Service walk-in centres (p41).
GSK formally incorporated
Glaxosmithkline Plc, created by the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and
Smithkline Beecham, was formally incorporated on January 8 (p46).
A new corporate identity has been unveiled.
Influenza
A news feature this week looks at the main issues surrounding influenza
and its management (p57).
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