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Leading Article
A Whitehall farce [more]
Facelift for prison pharmacy services [more]
News & Features
News
First LPS proposals expected by June [more]
Ways that pharmacy services in prisons can improve the
health of inmates [more]
Broad Spectrum
Is the hierarchy losing the plot over supervision and
skill mix? [more]
Letters
Letters
to the Editor
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Food allergy — a case study
»(PDF*,
45K)
Food alleregy resources (links, addresses) [more]
Article
Implementing an automated dispensing system
»(PDF*,
65K)
Features
Employment issues [more]
Onlooker
Deadly traffic/
Vital cation/
Strange creatures/
The middle way [more]
The Society
News
Official Notices
Statutory Committee decisions [more]
Scottish Department Executive election [more]
Hospital Pharmacists Group election [more]
Notice-board
Branch
meetings
Future
events
Conferences
Health promotion
diary
and more
Products
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Front Cover Picture
This week's front cover picture (Getty/The Image Bank) illustrates a news
feature this week by Clare Bellingham. In the light of the current
review of the provision of prison pharmacy services in England and Wales,
Ms Bellingham asks what might be learnt from current arrangements in Scotland
and Northern Ireland.
See also Leading
article.
Arthritis drugs clearance
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has approved
the use of infliximab and etanercept for the treatment of rheumatoid
arthritis that has not responded to other treatments.
LPS pilot deadline
The deadline for submission of proposals to be part of the first wave
of local pharmaceutical services pilots will be sometime in June, the
Department of Health has announced. News
feature.
See also Leading
article.
Food allergy
This week's continuing professional development article takes the form
of a case study on food allergy in children.
See also news item.
Employment issues
Our monthly special
feature focuses this week on employment issues. There are articles
on employing pharmacy staff, including locums, and an article on unfair
dismissal and the work of employment tribunals.
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