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Although working pharmacists may never have had it so good, a great deal of planning has to be done to ensure future generations of pharmacists have the same opportunities
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Now that the new design for The Journal has been in place for six months, we would like to hear what you think about it. To help you, we have compiled a readership survey form
News & Features 791-798
News summary 791-796
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Is preregistration training delivering? 797-798
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This Friday, 1,523 candidates will sit the preregistration examination to become pharmacists. Of these, 90 per cent will have received some cross-sector experience but only a small proportion will have split their training between two sectors of pharmacy. Clare Bellingham reports
POEMs 796
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Valproate may be effective for painful diabetic neuropathy 796
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Broad Spectrum 800
Room for improving technician training 800
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By Tanya Samuels, Paula Hayes and Matthew Shaw
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Continuing Professional Development
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Recent articles
Pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics series
Variability in drug dosage requirements 806-808
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In the second article in a series intended to remind pharmacists about the basic principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and therapeutic drug monitoring, Alison Thomson describes inter-individual variability issues that should be considered when recommending a dosage regimen
Interview 809-810
From sparks and smells to Nobel prize 809-810
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This week The Journal publishes details of the British Pharmaceutical Conference to be held in Manchester from 27 to 29 September. Sir Harry Kroto, one of this year's invited speakers, talks to Harriet Adcock about his career and concerns for the future of science education and research
BPC preview 811-812
British Pharmaceutical Conference
BPC 2004 — Manchester 811-812
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The 2004 meeting of the British Pharmaceutical Conferences takes place in Manchester from Monday 27 to Wednesday 29 September. The overall theme of the meeting will be “Medicines: from cell to society”. The conference is organised by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in association with a number of partner organisations and is sponsored by Boots The Chemists and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Articles 813-817
Individual pharmacists have never had it so good but it is tricky for recruiters 813-817
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In a special feature this week, Debbie Andalo looks at the state of pharmacy recruitment and how it might be affected by the new pharmacy
contract, "Agenda for change" and mandatory registration of pharmacy technicians
Meetings 818-819
Reports
European Congress of Rheumatology 818-819
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Scientists and health care professionals from 93 countries
met to discuss
advances in the management of rheumatic diseases. Lin-Nam Wang reports
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Writer who saw himself more as a doctor A century ago, on 2 July 1904, Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov died from tuberculosis in the south German spa of Badenweiler. He had suffered from the disease for nearly 20 years Text
Violent crimes in Sweden are found to be linked to substance misuse An intriguing report of investigations by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and the University of Oxford into the associations between substance misuse and violent crime appears in the 22 May issue of the BMJ Text
Bush administration is neglecting the financial demands of research A
report from Washington published in The Lancet for 15 May accuses
the Bush administration of failing to meet the financial demands for
scientific research. A warning has been issued that the situation might
become far worse during the next few years unless steps are taken to
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• BPC programme and website The British Pharmaceutical
Conference programme and booking form are now available and a new website for
BPC 2004 has been launched Text 821
• Scottish director appointed Lyndon Braddick has
been appointed director of the Scottish Department Text 821
• Scottish Executive changes A new chairman and vice-chairman
of the Scottish Executive have been elected Text 821
• Demand for places on supplementary prescribing courses falls There
is some concern about uptake of places on supplementary prescribing courses that
are currently recruiting, Scottish branch secretaries and chairmen heard at their
annual meeting in Edinburgh on 16 June Text 821
• Scottish Conference A new direction for the Scottish
Pharmaceutical Conference Text 822
• Bryan Kirkwood retires from the Statutory Committee after
20 years Bryan Kirkwood has retired from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's
Statutory Committee after 20 years Text 822
• Prescription charges Society should support calls
for a review of charges and exemptions Text 822
Statutory Committee Reports
• Striking off for pharmacist who stole POMs for own use Text 823
• Reprimand results from alcohol problems Text 823
• Restoration for man who was struck off as the result of a drink problem Text 823
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• Council Strategy Day Text 824
• APG committee election results Text 824
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