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With all seven Save Our Society candidates now elected to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council (p629 and p649), the total number of pharmacists who support SOS principles rises to 11. Ten further pharmacists and three Privy Council nominees make up the Council complement of 24. Although the SOS pharmacists do not have a clear numerical majority, they certainly hold the stronger hand because, without doubt, the members who are interested in the affairs of the Society have made their views known. The pharmacy landscape has changed — maybe for ever
News & Features 629-636
News summary 629-634
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New ways to ensure patient loyalty 635-636
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“Wouldn’t it be great if patients began asking specifically for medicines made by our company?” This is a vision that many pharmaceutical companies have and are starting to work towards. Lin-Nam Wang reports
Products PDF (50K) 637
• Products Text 637
• Drug tariff updates Text 637
Scottish tariff shortages
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Letters PDF (65K) 638-639
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Statins / New schools / The profession / The Journal
Vision for pharmacy 640-641
Vision for pharmacy
How supplementary prescribing helps in both acute and chronic
hospital care 640-641
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A team of pharmacist supplementary prescribers at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust is proving that supplementary prescribing can be used in both acute situations on wards and chronic situations in clinics. Clare Bellingham reports
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 642-643
Recent articles
Men's health series
Men’s health: hair and skin problems 642-643
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In this final article in our men's health series, Christine Clark looks at some non-life threatening but, none the less, serious men's health problems
Articles 644-646
Students are better than they think at conducting home medication reviews 644
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Research published in the June issue of the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice is highlighted by Joanna Lumb, managing editor, IJPP
Supplementary prescribing training: the CPPE e-learning programme 645-646
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In this article Angela Trikic describes the development of an e-learning programme to provide the educational support for pharmacists to become supplementary prescribers
Meetings 647
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Opportunity knocks in animal health 647
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A recent meeting of veterinary pharmacists discussed future opportunities for pharmacists in animal health. Steven Kayne reports
Onlooker PDF (90K) 648
Looking at fairy tales For probably much longer than we realise, parents have told traditional fairy tales to their children. In the field of European lore we have been brought up to wonder at the doings of fabulous princes and princesses, fairy godmothers, wicked uncles and aunts, ogres and monsters and the strange adventures of innocent children who become involved with them Text
Things to come — facing the future A rather grim situation facing the civilised world is presented in the 30 April issue of Science by Jeffrey D. Sachs of Columbia University, who is a special adviser to Kofi Annan, secretary general of the United Nations Text
Universal language is no longer being taught In a book published in 1923, entitled ‘Music, health and character’, Dr Agnes Savill argued: “Music is a universal language which can be understood and enjoyed by the poorest and the most uncultured of the population.” She went on to remark: “If only one could persuade the unmusical that the door, once opened, leads to untold and indescribable joys, they would surely take some trouble to discover a method of entry.” Text
And I quote ... Useless wit / Vive l'artiste! Text
The Society PDF (470K) 649-656
• Council election result In the annual election
to the Society’s Council, the Save Our Society campaign candidates won
all seven places Text 649
• Society urges young scientists to engage with the media The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is encouraging young pharmaceutical scientists to take part in a special event, “The voice of young scientists in the media”, which takes place on Friday 17 September Text 649
AGM reports
• Society a “vibrant and influential organisation” The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s “Annual review for 2003” underlines what a vibrant and influential organisation the profession has in the Society, the President, Gill Hawksworth, told the Society’s 163rd annual general meeting, held in London on 12 May Text 650
• Society “in sound health”, with fitter balance
sheet The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is an organisation in sound
health, the annual general meeting on 12 May was told during a presentation on
the financial statement for 2003. Bernard Kelly, Director of Finance and Resources,
added that action undertaken in 2003 had left balance sheet leaner and fitter Text 651
• AGM narrowly carries motion against proposed Charter The annual general meeting of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on 12 May carried by a narrow majority a motion seeking to petition the Queen to reject the Council’s proposed new Charter Text 652
• Charter proposal needed members’ consent, AGM
told The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society should have obtained
the consent of the membership before submitting its proposal for a new Charter
to the Privy Council, the Society’s annual general meeting on 12 May
was told by a past president of the Society, David Sharpe Text 653
• Charter medals The Society’s Charter gold
medal has been awarded to Linda Stone and the silver medal to Martin Bennett Text 654
• Presentation of certificates to 14 members designated as
fellows At a ceremony before the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s
annual general meeting on 12 May, the President, Gill Hawksworth, presented fellowship
certificates to the 14 members of the Society who have been designated as fellows
by the panel of fellows during the past year Text 654
Obituaries & tributes Text 655
Official notices 2001
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• Council election Text 655
• Welsh Executive voting papers Text 655
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• Branch meetings Text 656
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 637
• Conferences Text 637
• Reunions Text
Awards Text 637
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Corrections Text
Resources Text
Wants Text 637
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