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Leading Article PDF (45K) 284
Still waiting for the lights to change 284
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After much delay the Department of Health has produced a discussion document outlining its proposals for the pricing and reimbursement of generic medicines in the National Health Service in England. Although one of the tenets of the proposals is to introduce greater transparency into the system, at first glance this can only be achieved by making the system much more complicated
Stay of execution 284
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Following the publication of the “balanced package of measures” promised at the end of July, changes to the control of entry regulations for England have
now been fleshed out further. But all the indications are that the changes will only be temporary
News & Features 285-296
News summary 285-292
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Is it a balanced package of measures? 293-294
Text PDF (50K)
Last Friday, the Department of Health published its proposals on reforming the control of entry to pharmacy contracts regulations in England. Clare Bellingham looks at whether or not they constitute the “balanced package” that had been promised
A new way of paying for NHS generics 295-296
Text PDF (95K)
The Department of Health wants to find a new way of paying for generic medicines used by the National Health Service in England. Michael Thompson considers the latest proposals
Products PDF (95K) 297
• Products Text 297
• Announcements Text 297
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls Text 297
Letters PDF (100K) 298-299
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Prescribing / Storage temperatures / CPD / The Society
/ The Journal
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 300-302
Recent articles
Community pharmacy service development series
(2) The evidence base for community pharmacy service development 300-302
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By Claire Jones, DipPresSci, MRPharmS
When developing a community pharmacy service it is important that the published evidence base is researched and referred to. This article describes the evidence base for repeat dispensing and minor ailment schemes, where to find the evidence for developing other services and how to keep up to date with this evidence base
Articles 303
 September issue of IJPP: research into patient counselling 303
Text PDF (65K)
Some of the research published in the September issue of the International
Journal of Pharmacy Practice is highlighted in this article by Joanna Lumb, managing editor, IJPP
Onlooker PDF (75K) 304
Antibiotic sense We have known for decades that routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock intended for human consumption is one of the ways in which micro-organisms develop resistance to antimicrobial therapy. Nevertheless, we have done little about it because of the power of the vested interests which find antibiotic supplementation commercially advantageous Text
Losing talent A special feature
published in The Lancet earlier this summer drew attention to
the urgent problem of the brain drain of scientists from Europe to the
United States Text
Yellow bane In the August issue of The Countryman is an interesting account by Jo Kirby of an attractive plant that is now prominent in our rough pastures Text
The Society PDF (130K) 305-308
News
• Society evidence to NHS funding review calls for greater investment
in pharmacy Text 305
• Society seeks details of dispensing assistants' training courses to help prepare “grandparent clause” Text 305
• New minister for pharmacy is to address BPC 2003 Text 305
Scottish Department Text 306-307
What the Society does for its members in Scotland
Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001
to present
Supply of medicinal products to optometrists Text 307
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Medicines, ethics and practice
September list of amendments Text 307
Official notices 2001
to present
• Notice to course providers: Mapping dispensing assistant courses
to the “grandparent clause” for pharmacy services S/NVQ Level 2 Text 308
Diary Text
• Branch meetings 308
• Society meetings 308
• Future events 297
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Front Cover Picture
This week’s front cover picture illustrates a news
feature, which
considers the latest proposals for supply, pricing and reimbursement arrangements
for generic medicines in the National Health Service in England
See also
Leading article and News
Control of entry
The Department of Health has published its proposals on reforming the
control of entry regulations. In a news
feature, Clare Bellingham looks
at whether the proposals constitute the balanced package of measures
that was promised
See also
Leading article and News
Service development
An article in our continuing professional development section describes
the evidence base for repeat prescribing and minor ailment schemes,
where to find the evidence for developing other services and how to
keep up to date with the evidence base (PDF 150K)
IJPP
An article highlights
some of the research published in the September issue of the International
Journal of Pharmacy Practice
Recalls
Generics (UK) has recalled several batches of flucloxacillin 28 x 500mg
capsules. Baxter Healthcare has recalled all batches of a number of
products supplied in 250ml, 500ml or 1 litre Viaflo
bags manufactured
at Thetford
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