The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 pp203-232 No 7287
21 February 2004

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COMMENT:

Leading Articles PDF (40K)   204

Time for a moratorium 204
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With regard to the dispute about the petition for a new Royal Charter for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, The Journal has taken its coverage of events extremely seriously. Members of staff have done everything in their power to ensure that news stories and other contributions have been fair, accurate and balanced. What we have not done yet is publish any item giving reasons why, in its High Court action, the Save Our Society group has named individual members of the Society's Council. In the interests of our readers, we do so this week

What are prescription charges for? 204
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Once again, charges for NHS prescriptions in England and Scotland are due to rise in April, although, at 10p per single item, below the rate of inflation. Meanwhile, charges in Wales are expected to be phased out completely by 2007


News & Features   205-211

News summary 205-209
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How to improve medicines management at the primary/secondary care interface 210-211
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How can pharmacists help improve medicines management at the interface between primary and secondary care? Clare Bellingham investigates


Products PDF (140K)   212-213

• Products Text 212
• Announcements Text 212

• Master of education in pharmacy teaching Text 212

• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text


Letters PDF (80K)   214-216

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Which? report / Medicines in children / Community pharmacy / Minor ailments service / Branded generics / Emergency contraception / Workforce academy / CPD / The Register / The Journal


Vision for pharmacy   217-218
Vision for pharmacy

Adopting a successful cross-sector approach to medicines management 217-218
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A positive attitude to change has led to an integrated approach to medicines management in Huntingdonshire. Clare Bellingham reports


Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   219-221
Recent articles

Gastrointestinal series

(2) Strategies against NSAID-induced gastrointestinal side effects  219-221
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In this second article on the gastrointestinal risks associated with anti-inflammatory drugs, Fiona MacRae, Lisa MacKenzie, Kenneth McColl and David Williams discuss how efficacy, cost, compliance, co-morbidities and concurrent medication affect the choice of risk minimisation strategy


Articles   222-223

Advice for community pharmacists on how to order and dispose of maggots  222-223
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LarvE, sterile maggots of Lucilia sericata, the common greenbottle, are reimbursable on FP10s. Stephen Thomas provides community pharmacists with a general introduction to their clinical use and more comprehensive advice on ordering and disposal


Original papers   224-227

Optimum prescribing of discharge medicines: roles of hospital and community pharmacists  224-227
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By Pauline Morrison, Ishaq Abu-Arafeh, Jann Davison and Susan Chapman
Aim — To develop and evaluate a new role for the ward pharmacist in communicating information about paediatric and neonatal discharge medicines to GPs and community pharmacists


Onlooker PDF (65K)   228

Researcher of distinction reaches 80 Sunday 22 February marks the 80th birthday of a remarkable figure in the history of British drug research and development, Sir David Jack Text

Coping with the challenge of climate change It is now generally recognised by all but the most pigheaded of planners that we are suffering a change in climate that challenges many of our current practices Text

Disquiet over hazard of beryllium exposure Beryllium has no known therapeutic virtues. It is a light, hard, brittle metal of high melting point, resistant to oxidation, with a high heat capacity and thermal conductivity. As a recognised carcinogen, with a current threshold limit value of 2mg per cubic metre of air, its inhalation in any form is hazardous. Yet its hazard may be underestimated Text


The Society PDF (280K)   229-232

•  Careers supplement The Society has joined forces with The Independent to produce a supplement promoting careers in pharmacy, which will be published in The Independent this month Text 229

Guide to the Society
•  What's on the agenda when an inspector calls? The life of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's inspectors is a varied one and not always well understood by the pharmacists they visit. In the first of an occasional series on the work of Society staff, Judy Kirby explains the inspectors' role Text 229-230

•  Pharmacists can be confident about the future Gill Hawksworth, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's President, told pharmacists and pharmacy students why they can be confident about the future at a joint meeting of the Bradford school of pharmacy and the Bradford branch, which was attended by almost 200 people Text 230

Obituaries & tributes Text 231

Official notices 2001 to present
• Statutory Committee inquiries Text 231
• Council election 2004 Text 231
• Industrial Pharmacists' Group Committee Election 2004 Text 231
• Hospital Pharmacists Group Committee election 2004 Text 232


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text 232
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 213
• Conferences Text 213
• Reunions Text


Awards Text

Visions of Science photographic awards Text 213


Corrections Text


Reunions Text

London School of Pharmacy 213


Resources Text

Vaccine information Text 212
No Smoking Day, 10 March 2004 Text 213


Wants Text