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When pharmacists were first given the go-ahead to offer repeat dispensing services, the plans were heralded as one way to allow patients easier access to health care, particularly in primary care. The Department of Health and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee are firmly committed to repeat dispensing by pharmacists and see it as a central service in the future. This week's cover story , however, suggests that establishing repeat dispensing schemes nationally may not be as straightforward, or as welcome, as first envisaged
News & Features 559-568
News summary, including R & D 559-566
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Questions arise over repeat dispensing 567
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One year ago this week the regulations that allow repeat dispensing schemes in England came into force. Since then, questions have arisen over just how widely repeat dispensing can be used and how quickly it can be rolled out. Clare Bellingham reports
Will new deal lead to lower drug prices? 568
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The Government is currently renegotiating the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme with the pharmaceutical industry and a new deal is due to come into force in October. Jenny Bryan spoke to some of those who will be affected by the outcome
POEMs 564
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Exemestane better than tamoxifen after initial treatment for breast cancer 564
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Products PDF (140K) 569
• Products Text 569
• Lloydspharmacy “Raising awareness” award more 569
• Men's health pharmacy window display competition more 569
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 570
NHS pharmaceutical regulations: change as well as consolidation needed 570
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By Stephen Axon
Letters PDF (55K) 571
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Vision for pharmacy 572
Vision for pharmacy
“Ironman” pharmacist keeps Wales moving with “lifestyle” prescriptions 572
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Following the success of a pilot lifestyle clinic run by a community pharmacist in West Wales, plans are under way for similar programmes to be rolled out on a larger scale. Hannah Pike investigates
Continuing Professional Development
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Recent articles
Clinical testing series
Biopsy, endoscopy and body imaging 573-575
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In the fifth article in our series on clinical testing, Pam Mason describes some of the diagnostic procedures patients could talk to pharmacists about
Articles 576-581
From black clouds to lighter grey: how pharmacists can help in depression 576-577
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Sara Garfield, Felicity Smith and Sally-Anne Francis see a role for pharmacists in helping those with mental health problems
Pharmacist-led dermatology clinics can improve prisoners' quality of life 577-579
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In this article, Rod Tucker describes how a pharmacist-led dermatology clinic
was developed at an all-male prison near Doncaster and explains how the clinic
has benefited prisoners and prison medical staff while offering himself a golden
opportunity to be involved in patient care
How may advances in oral rehydration therapy for animals benefit children? 580-581
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In this article, Bob Michell describes the treatment of diarrhoea in calves with oral rehydration therapy and explains how the same principles could be applied to children
Meetings 582-583
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European Society of Clinical Pharmacy 582-583
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Pharmacy workforce and evidence-based practice were topics discussed at a recent international congress held in Paris. Harriet Adcock reports
Onlooker PDF (65K) 584
Why progress may carry a high price Some reflections on the adverse effects of business reorganisation on the welfare and health of those employed in an enterprise appear in a commentary in The Lancet for 10 April. It has been shown that workers who keep their jobs while their employers are having recourse to “downsizing” and laying off staff may be twice as liable as those who are laid off to die from some form of cardiovascular disease Text
Summer is a-coming in — and loud sings the two-tone chiffchaff The Early English song by an unknown author, which runs “Sumer is icumen in, / Lhude sing cuccu!”, dates from about 1250. It is rather misleading in a way, depending on when you wish to date summer Text
South Africa needs more archaeologists to investigate human origins A note by John Bohannon of Oxford in Science for 16 April records that South Africa is known to abound in important archaeological sites, and is probably the best area in the entire world to offer us evidence regarding human origins and progress Text
The Society PDF (320K) 585-592
• New museum information sheet The Society’s
museum has published a 15th information sheet in its series on the preparation
of medicines Text 585
• Guidance on questions at AGM The Society has published
guidance for members who may wish to raise queries about the Society’s
finances during the AGM next week Text 585
• Welsh Executive election Biographies and policy
statements of the candidates in this year’s election to the Society’s
Welsh Executive are published this week Text 586-587
Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001
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• Minimising the risk of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) Text 587
• Ensuring accuracy in the supply of the balance of a part-dispensed
prescription Text 587
• Understanding the industry Pharmacists in industry
can foster an understanding of their work by encouraging visits to their companies
by the Society’s local branches, says an article on an Industrial
Pharmacists
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Statutory Committee Reports
• Reprimand for record keeping and dispensing errors Text 589
• Reprimand for pharmacist in CD recording and storage offences case Text 589
• Warning about dispensing of unsigned prescriptions Text 590
• Man who was convicted of theft is allowed back on to the Register
of Pharmaceutical Chemists Text 590
Obituaries & tributes Text 591
Official notices 2001
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• Council voting papers Text 591
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• Branch meetings Text 592
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 569
• Conferences Text
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Awards Text 569
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UKPPG
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Wants Text 569
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