The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 pp367-400 No 7292
27 March 2004

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Leading Articles PDF (40K)   368

New look at supervision 368
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To the world outside, pharmacy may seem a quiet place. Stories about the Society and the Charter have not, as yet, spread beyond its shores. Ask the man and woman on the Clapham Omnibus what they know about pharmacy and pharmacists, and they are unlikely to appreciate the depth and breadth of what members of the profession know about medicines and the contribution pharmacists can make to better health.

Inside pharmacy, of course, things are not so serene and one professional issue that has caused as much dissent as any other — supervision — is on the point of causing further ripples


News & Features   369-378

News summary 369-375
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Helping care homes to meet standards 376
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Care homes need to make improvements in order to meet minimum standards in terms of the ways they deal with medicines. Hannah Pike investigates how pharmacists can help homes meet requirements set out by the National Care Standards Commission

Remote supervision becomes a reality 377-378
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Should pharmacists be allowed to supervise a pharmacy from a remote location? It is a question that divides the profession. Next week, the results of an evaluation of the first trial of remote supervision in the UK will be presented. Clare Bellingham visited the pharmacy involved


POEMs    374
POEMs series

Metformin-induced lactic acidosis is extremely rare 374
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Products PDF (80K)   379

• Products Text 379
• Announcements Text 379

PhD award at the University of Portsmouth Text 379

• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text


Broad Spectrum   380

Does the profession have no social conscience or civil responsibility? 380
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By Hemant Patel


Letters PDF (65K)   381-382

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St John's wort / Community pharmacy / The register / Veterinary pharmacy


Vision for pharmacy   383
Vision for pharmacy

Welsh pharmacist tackling obesity with weight reduction support clinic 383
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Nearly half the general population of Swansea is overweight or obese. Hannah Pike reports on a community pharmacist-led weight reduction clinic which is showing promising results


Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   384-386
Recent articles

Clinical testing series

Basic concepts in clinical testing  384-386
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In this first article in a series on clinical testing, Pamela Mason looks at what makes a good test and the relevance of testing to pharmacy


Articles   387-390

National Minimum Standards in care homes: what role do pharmacists have? 387-390
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In this article, Lawrence Allum brings together the latest information and practical issues arising from his work as a pharmacist inspector with the National Care Standards Commission


Meetings   391-392
Reports

British Oncology Pharmacy Association 391-392
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Participants at a recent meeting on cancer care heard presentations on cancer care improvements, clinical trial developments and advances in the discovery of new drugs for cancer treatment. Tim Root reports


Reviews PDF (60K)   393

Chronotherapeutics edited by Peter Redfern Text

A practical guide to pharmaceutical care by J. P. Rovers, Jay D. Currie, Harry P. Hagel, Randal P. McDonough and Jenelle L. Sobotka Text

Stephens' detection of new adverse drug reactions edited by John Talbot and Patrick Waller Text


Onlooker PDF (70K)   394

Ancient weapons of mass destruction Some reflections upon the nature and history of the catapult are expressed in an essay by Serafina Cuomo of Imperial College, London, in Science for 6 February. Among other details she reveals that the construction of catapults is given the name “belopoietics”, from belos, a Greek term for a projectile or a device for launching it Text

Evidence for human survival in the Arctic tundra 30,000 years ago The Arctic region of Siberia is not a promising site in which to lead a simple life, and indeed, no primate is constructed to withstand the rigours of the winter there without a mass of equipment calculated to promote bare survival. Yet it appears that at the height of the last Ice Age humans were surviving in northern Siberia in the valley of the Yana River 500km north of the Arctic Circle Text

Profit prolongs use of persistent pollutants There is a note in Nature for 26 February concerning the problem that is being increasingly revealed in respect of long persistent pollutants in our fragile world. The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, first drawn up in 2001, provided for the banning of many familiar pollutants in the near future Text

Strange exceptions Text


The Society PDF (220K)   395-400

•  Makeover for Society website The Society’s website is being redeveloped in response to feedback from members Text 395

•  Welsh Executive briefing day On 9 March the Welsh Executive of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society held a briefing day for pharmacists employed in local health boards in Wales Text 395

Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
• Destruction of out-of-date Controlled Drugs Text 395

•  Survey of industrial pharmacists A survey of members of the Society’s Industrial Pharmacists’ Group has elicited a range of information about age, sex, areas of activity, levels of responsibility, income and employments benefits PDF (85K) 396-397

Obituaries & tributes Text 398

Official notices 2001 to present
• Statutory Committee decisions Text 399
• Scottish Department Executive election Text 399


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text 400

• Society meetings Text 400
    Veterinary Pharmacists' Group annual conference (8-9 May)

• Future events Text 379

• Conferences Text

• Reunions Text


Awards Text

Corrections Text

Reunions Text

Resources Text
• Medicines in care homes 379

Wants Text