| Leading
Articles [PDF
(50K)]
A census for the future [Text]
News & Features
News [Text]
[PDF
(205K)]
Accrediting community pharmacies: a way of bringing
in quality standards? [Text]
[PDF
(65K)]
Letters [Text]
[PDF
(70K)]
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
CPD summary page
Leadership [PDF
(60K)]
Feature
Over-the-counter treatment of common skin complaints
[Text]
[PDF
(90K)]
Original Papers
A community pharmacy-based survey of users of over-the-counter
sleep aids [PDF
(70K)]
Articles
Contemporary workforce patterns and historical trends:
the pharmacy labour market over the past 40 years [PDF
(95K)]
How a small hospital rose to the challenge of a legionella
outbreak [Text]
[PDF
(35K)]
Onlooker [Text]
[PDF
(50K)]
Pernicious weed / Staying power / Remote relations
The Society
News
Nine past presidents visit Society to discuss the future
[Text]
How pharmacists help to improve Scotland's health [Text]
Scottish briefing on misuse of over-the-counter medicines
[Text]
Society seeks more views on regulation of support staff
[Text]
The Society's workforce census
Society urges all pharmacists to complete workforce
census [Text]
Why it is important [Text]
[PDF
(50K)]
Law and Ethics Bulletin
Automatic prescription endorsement [Text]
Modernisation programme
Questionnaire: Who should be eligible to serve on Council
and for how long? [survey]
Modernisation of the Society should give no cause for
concern (2) [Text]
[PDF
(35K)]
See also last week's article [PDF
(35K)]
Letter: Stifling of initiative and suffocation of innovation
[Text]
Obituaries & tributes [Text]
Official notices
• Scottish registration ceremony [Text]
• Erasure from Register on direction of Statutory
Committee [Text]
Notice-board
Branch
meetings
Future
events
Conferences
and more
Products [Text]
[PDF
(55K)]
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Front Cover Picture
This week’s front cover picture (by Christopher Icha) shows the
workforce census
that is being sent out to all pharmacists on the British register next
week
See also Leading
article
An article (PDF
95K) describes some of the key demographic and employment changes in the
pharmacy labour market and workforce, and sets out three “workforce
planning” scenarios.
Accreditation schemes
Some primary care trusts in England have introduced accreditation schemes
for community pharmacies in their areas. In a news
feature, Jonathan Buisson looks at what is involved
Common skin complaints
This month’s special feature
looks at over-the-counter treatment of eczema, psoriasis and acne
OTC sleep aids
Research from Keele University (PDF
70K)shows that many purchasers of over-the-counter sleep aids report
long-standing use over periods of months and years
Legionella outbreak
An article
describes how Furness General Hospital coped with one of the largest recorded
outbreaks of Legionnaire’s disease
| The "Broad Spectrum" feature is
open to any writer.
Contributions of around 1,200 words, commenting on topics of current
interest, should be sent to managing editor Graeme Smith (graeme.smith@pharmj.org.uk)
for consideration. |
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