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The Pharmaceutical Journal, August 25, 2001

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Leading Article   
   Promoting pharmacy as a career

News & Features   
   News

   Point-of-care testing in the community: a new role for pharmacists [more]

   The changing world of drug misuse [more]

Comment   
   Broad Spectrum: Naltrexone implants for opiate addiction: new life for a middle-aged drug [more]

   Letters to the Editor

Original Papers   
   Diabetes care — an evaluation of a community pharmacy based HbA1c testing service
   »(PDF*, 60K)

Articles   
   Point-of-care testing in the community pharmacy
   »(PDF*, 50K)

  How do primary health care systems compare across Western Europe?
   »(PDF*, 60K)

Onlooker

The Society   
   News
   Statutory committee
   Obituaries & tributes
   
Notice-board
   Future events
   Conferences
and more

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Front Cover Picture
This week’s front cover picture ties in with a news feature on point-of-care testing in community pharmacy, an original paper on testing and diabetic care, and an article on the benefits of point-of-care testing and the schemes already in place.

Pharmacy education crisis
Schools of pharmacy are having to lower their thresholds for accepting students on to pharmacy degree courses. See also leading article.

European health systems
The way in which primary health care systems are organised in 10 Western European countries is examined in an article this week.

Review of Society’s branches and regions
The appointment of salaried regional co-ordinators for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is among ideas being considered as part of the Council’s consultative review of how the Society’s local networks can contribute to the future of the profession.

Hydralazine recall
Alpharma is recalling a batch of hydralazine tablets following reports of discolouration.


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