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Last week, with the continued generous support of GlaxoSmithKline, The Journal was able to celebrate the 12th annual Pharmaceutical Care Awards
News & Features 3-10
News summary 3-9
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How to promote rational antibiotic use 10
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Rational use of antimicrobials is the subject of a conference to be held in London next week. Gareth Jones examines what pharmacists can do to help
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• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Meetings 12-16
Reports
Pharmaceutical Care Awards 12-16
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Broad Spectrum 17
Why wreck the Society just to satisfy a “one size fits all” regulatory policy? 17
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By Robert Blyth
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Pharmacy education / Big Conversation / Electronic prescribing / Advertising / Statins / Free movement in Europe / St John's wort / The profession / The Journal
Off the record 22
Off the record
Ladders have been placed against the wrong walls 22
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After 30 years on the register, you can, I hope, forgive a little reflection on some changes seen during that time. I expect, like me, you sometimes wonder why on earth you became a pharmacist
Continuing Professional Development
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Recent articles
Negotiation: an important life skill 23-25
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In this article, Ruth McGuire looks at the process of negotiation and the skills that can be useful for achieving positive outcomes
Articles 26-29
Assessing clinical pharmacy expertise 26-28
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In this article, Rob Shulman and Anne Lovejoy provide a perspective of what expertise is and how experts store knowledge, and describe how pharmacy has begun to address expertise within the context of a competency framework
MedicinesComplete: an online library service for all health care professionals 29
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In this article, Peter Goacher describes a new online information service for health care professionals and invites readers to a free trial
Onlooker PDF (60K) 30
Tracking the travels of the endangered leatherback Leatherback turtles are creatures that nest on the Atlantic beaches of French Guiana, but the oceanic routes they take during their migrations remain a mystery. However, it is known that the turtle becomes involved with coastal and pelagic fishing fleets combing the Atlantic basin in search of marketable fish. The encounters have critically endangered the leatherback's continued existence, and a group of Swansea biologists has commented upon efforts now being made to determine the travel routes of the turtle Text
Isolating US science is a political blunder In Nature for 10 June, Thomas May of the Medical College of Wisconsin argues that the current attempt to defeat bioterrorism by isolating US scientists from those in the rest of the world is a political blunder Text
Difficulty of defining the benefits of organically produced food In the June issue of Chemistry World, Maria Burke of St Albans discusses the right and wrongs of the classification of our modern food into “organic” or otherwise. Those who originated the organic concept were prompted by a fear of the many unknown additives and contaminants that result from the pursuit of traditional methods of raising food. Yet it is difficult to specify exactly what an organically produced food can offer that distinguishes it from one produced by conventional farming methods
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Back issues
Pharmacists in St Helens take on new services in advance of contract deal PM1
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Pilot projects in St Helens Primary Care Trust anticipate the new pharmacy contract. Debbie Andalo investigates
How supplementary prescribing is working for pharmacists in practice PM2-3
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At the start of this week, 97 pharmacists had registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as supplementary prescribers and the number is rising all the time. Clare Bellingham finds out how the early starters are getting on
Faculty goes from strength to strength PM4
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Annie Coppel, chairman of the faculty of prescribing and medicines management, College of Pharmacy Practice, describes the faculty's work
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• Museum treasures lost in fire Historic items from
the Society’s museum have been lost in a fire Text 31
• CPP to accredit courses for dispensing assistants The
Royal Pharmaceutical Society has appointed the College of Pharmacy Practice as
its accrediting agent to determine training programmes that are equivalent to
level 2 of the Scottish/National Vocational Qualification in pharmacy services.
The CPP has been offered a three-year contract Text 31
• Transcript from June Council meeting now available A transcript of the open sessions of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's June Council meeting is now available to download from the Council page within the “About the Society” section of the Society’s website Text 31
• New edition of MEP published The 28th edition of ‘Medicines, ethics and practice’ is now available Text 32
• 50 branches win extra funding A total of 50 Society branches have been awarded extra funding Text 32
Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001
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• Dispensing overseas prescriptions Text 32
Statutory Committee Reports
• Reprimand for pharmacist who had a “history of heavy and chaotic drinking” Text 33
• Restoration for man who had practised without indemnity cover for
a number of years Text 33
• Name restored to the register after striking-off for the possession
of cannabis resin Text 33
• Prescription fraud leads to pharmacist's striking off Text 34
• Case adjourned for pharmacist who was over the alcohol limit as he
drove to work Text 34
• Pharmacist's name restored Text 34
• Who is accountable and responsible for supplying dispensed
medicines In this article, Jackie Giltrow explains where the boundaries of professional accountability and responsibility lie when a prescription is dispensed Text 35-37
Obituaries & tributes Text 38
Official notices 2001
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• Erasures from Register on direction of Statutory Committee Text 38
• Welsh AGM Text 38
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• Branch meetings Text 38
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• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text
Awards Text 11
Queens awards
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Pharmacogenetics research
Resources Text 11
Coeliac disease
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