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Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council who voted to petition the Queen for a new Charter last December have won a summary dismissal of the Save Our Society group’s High Court action. Mr Justice Park stated that the Privy Council was the forum in which any decision about the future of the Charter petition should be made. The SOS group plans to appeal Mr Justice Park’s judgment and denies that this is a delaying tactic. But, with costs having been already awarded against the group and an admission that it will have to appeal to its supporters for more funds, tough decisions will have to be made about embarking on such an appeal
News & Features 659-666
News summary 659-664
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Success, but probably a Pyrrhic victory 665
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has won the
summary judgment it sought against the High Court action brought by representatives
of the Save Our Society campaign. But is it a Pyrrhic victory? Graeme
Smith examines the court proceedings, as provided by Strand News Service
Is direct dispensing good for patients? 666
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Dispensing prescriptions in front of patients
can deliver certain benefits. But have the problems been properly investigated?
Harriet Adcock reports
Products PDF (50K) 667
• Products Text 667
• Announcements Text 667
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 667
Durogesic transdermal patches
Letters PDF (90K) 668-671
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The Society / Eye-drops / Statins / Fraud in the NHS / Pharmacy education
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 672-674
Recent articles
How pharmacy can help public health 672-674
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In this article, Claire Jones, Miriam Armstrong, Michael King and David Pruce explain why the time is right for community pharmacists to be recognised for the parts they play in improving public health and how to go about developing this important service
Articles 675-677
New procedures for obtaining ethics committee approval for NHS research 675-676
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In the past few months there has been a major overhaul of the procedures for obtaining ethics committee approval to carry out research within the NHS. In this article, Mary Tully reviews the main changes
June issue of FACT looks at trials of ginseng, cinnamon and echinacea 677
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Research published in the June issue of Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies is highlighted by Helen Bond, production editor, FACT
Meetings 678-680
Reports
World Health Professions Alliance 678-679
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Leaders of the pharmaceutical, medical and nursing professions from more than 60 countries met to discuss collaborative approaches to today's health challenges. Graeme Smith describes some of the highlights of the presentations
British National Formulary 680
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The issues surrounding better medicines and prescribing for children were discussed at a BNF conference last week. Lin-Nam Wang reports
Reviews PDF (75K) 681
‘Drugs in use’ edited by Linda J. Dodds Text 681
‘Anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs’ by Pat Lenehan Text 681
‘Pharmaceutical capsules’ edited by Fridrun Podczek and Brian E. Jones Text 681
‘Guide for clinical trial staff: implementing good clinical practice’ by Gerhard Fortwengel Text 681
Onlooker PDF (100K) 682
Tracking plastics at sea We are told that millions of tonnes of plastic materials are produced annually to meet our outrageous demand for packaging within packaging to protect us from the contamination of foods and other goods. Enormous amounts of plastic debris are accumulating in marine habitats worldwide, where it seems likely that they may persist for centuries Text
Were shell beads a turning point in art? There has been a surge of interest in the significance of shell beads, assumed to be human artefacts, derived from cave deposits of the Middle Stone Age discovered in Blombos Cave in South Africa and in the Serengeti National Park in East Africa Text
What can be done about the growing challenge of lack of discipline? The term “discipline” denotes many phenomena. Fundamentally it is a quality governing activity and may be applied to a subject of academic study, to a self-imposed set of rules and obedience to a moral or physical code, or to an attempt to regulate the activities of several or many individuals to eliminate clashes and friction Text
The Society PDF (400K) 683-692
• Strikings-off for non-payment Nearly 350 pharmacists have been removed from the register for non-payment of fees Text 683
• More guidance on regulation of dispensing/pharmacy assistants Further
guidance relating to the grandparent clause arrangements for dispensing/pharmacy
assistants has been published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. The guidance
takes the form of answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQs) Text 683
• Scottish annual general meeting to hear about new developments in the Society This year's annual general meeting of the members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society resident in Scotland is to hear about new developments in regulation and complaints handling in the Society Text 683
• Society publishes expert patient report A report exploring the concept of the expert patient has been published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Text 683
• Reviving dormant branches Suggestions for reviving the Society’s inactive branches were made at an AGM discussion forum Text 684
• Personal professional pledge A proposal that pharmacists
should make a personal professional pledge has been raised again by the Society's
President Text 684
Branch representatives' meeting (13 May)
• BRM seeks language test for European pharmacists Text 685
• Nominated contact sought in each pharmacy Text 685
• Guidance wanted on rest breaks for pharmacy staff Text 685
• Meeting calls for clear dosage on all prescriptions Text 686
• Public needs help to distinguish between licensed and unlicensed
medicinal products Text 686
• Patient's age should be provided on all prescriptions Text 686
• Promote error reporting system Text 686
• Society asked to seek BPSA's views on student issues Text 686
• Request for e-mail address register Text 687
• Meeting seeks revival of newsletters for special interest
groups Text 687
• Society asked for fees review Text 687
• Access to member lists sought for mailings Text 687
Statutory Committee Reports
• Failure to improve procedures leads to reprimand Text 688
• Pharmacist became addicted to dihydrocodeine tablets Text 688
• Man restored to register after striking-off for theft from his employer Text 688
• Reprimand for “erroneous” script endorsements Text 689
• Branch committee members awarded certificates for long service Twelve
members of Royal Pharmaceutical Society branch committees have recently been
awarded certificates recognising long service in their local area Text 689
Official notices 2001
to present
• Erasures from Register for non-payment of fees Text 690-691
• Scottish AGM Text 691
• Industrial Pharmacists Group election result Text 691
• Statutory Committee decisions Text 692
• Welsh Executive voting papers Text 692
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• Branch meetings Text 692
• Society meetings Text 692
• Future events Text 667
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text 667
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Corrections Text
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Wants Text 667
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