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Front Cover Picture
Important roles for pharmacists in the care of older
people are highlighted in the National Service Framework for Older People,
launched this week (pp415-416).
Managing minor conditions
Researchers from Manchester report on the success of a scheme in which
a general medical practice transferred more than a third of its workload
for 12 minor conditions to local community pharmacists (pp425-428).
Another study has found a marked variation in the incidence, presentation
and management of nine minor ailments within community pharmacy (pp429-432).
News feature (p413).
Cystic fibrosis
The first of three Continuing Education articles on cystic fibrosis describes
the disease and the systems that it affects (p423).
Mood disorders
The second part of a three-part “pharmaceutical care” special feature
on mood disorders examines the drug treatment of depression (pp433–442).
Nicotine replacement
Pharmacists with a special interest in smoking cessation have drafted
a patient group direction that could be used for the NHS supply of nicotine
replacement therapy through pharmacies (p414).
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