| Leading
Article [PDF
(40K)]
• Safe and sound [Text]
• Postcode prescribing: the beginning of the
end [Text]
News & Features
News [Text]
[PDF
(380K)]
• How to ensure safe medicines practice [Text]
[PDF
(60K)]
• Costs and benefits come as pharmacy technicians
train for extended roles [Text]
[PDF
(75K)]
Broad Spectrum
How should the profession respond to pharmacy's poor public
image? [Text]
[PDF
(40K)]
Letters [Text]
[PDF
(55K)]
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
CPD summary page
Evidence-based medicine
(3) Where to find evidence [PDF
(130K)]
Original papers
Adherence to NICE guidance for the use of anticholinesterases
for Alzheimer’s disease [PDF
(50K)]
Articles
• Do preregistration trainees benefit from cross-sector
training? [Text]
[PDF
(55K)]
• What is the evidence for the safety and efficacy
of dimethyl sulfoxide and methylsulfonylmethane
in pain relief? [PDF
(55K)]
Meetings and Conferences
• Interscience conference on antimicrobial
agents and chemotherapy [Text]
[PDF (65K)]
• European Foundation for the Advancement
of Healthcare Practitioners [Text]
[PDF
(45K)]
Onlooker [Text]
[PDF
(50K)]
Moon element / Discouraging buzzwords / The sociology
of diabetes
The Society
[PDF
(105K)]
News
• Fellowship of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
— recognition and designation [Text]
• Large turnout for first meeting of revived
Norfolk and Norwich branch [Text]
• Parliamentarians discuss recognition of
qualifications [Text]
• Work force census reminder [Text]
• Lincoln branch focuses on pharmacy in the
media [Text]
Obituaries and tributes [Text]
Notice-board
Branch
meetings
Future
events
Conferences
and more
Products [Text]
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Front Cover Picture
“Safe medicines practice committees” devoted to eliminating
medication errors could help the Government meet its target to reduce
National Health Service errors by 40 per cent. This week’s front
cover reflects a news
feature by Debbie Andalo which looks at a committee already in place
in Derbyshire
See also Leading
article
Extended roles for technicians
In a news feature,
Jonathan Buisson explores some of the costs and benefits that can be expected
if pharmacy technicians take on extended roles
See also Meeting report
Evidence-based medicine
This week’s continuing professional development article (PDF
130K) looks at gold standard sources of evidence
Following NICE guidance
Research shows that NICE guidance appears to be having a positive impact
on the drug treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease
(PDF
50K)
See also Leading
article
Cross-sector training for preregistration trainees
An article
describes a formal training programme between National Health Service
trusts and community pharmacy
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