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A balance must be struck 102
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It cannot be denied that the Controlled Drug legislation is out of date; it has hardly been revised in 30 years. And any system that made it possible for a doctor to murder over 200 patients can only be described as flawed. The problem facing the Government now, as it decides how — or even whether — to implement the proposals put forward by the Shipman Inquiry, is how to strike an appropriate balance between the public safeguards that are needed and a system that works
News & Features 103-110
News summary 103-108
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Impact of Shipman: how regulation of Controlled Drugs looks set to change 109-110
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Last week, the Shipman Inquiry published its fourth report. It specifically examines the regulation of Controlled Drugs in the community. The impact on community pharmacy is likely to be far-reaching. Clare Bellingham reports
POEMs 108
POEMs series
Moxifloxacin more effective than alternatives in exacerbations of chronic bronchitis 108
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Products PDF (60K) 111
• Products Text 111
Examination results: University of Bradford Text 111
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 112
Generic clozapine: opportunity or threat? 112
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By Eromona Whiskey and David Taylor
Letters PDF (75K) 113-115
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Charter ballot / Violence in pharmacies / Cupping / Humour in pharmacy / Pharmacy education / Natural therapies / The Journal
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 116-118
Recent articles
Cholesterol series
Reducing hyperlipidaemia and CHD 116-118
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In the final article in our series on cholesterol, commissioned to prepare pharmacists for queries generated by the availability of over-the-counter simvastatin, Steve Ohlsen and David Rogers look at the health risks of abnormal lipid levels and the advice that pharmacists can give
Articles 119-120
How should community pharmacists be paid under the new contract? 119-120
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In this article, Darrin Baines and Catherine Hale examine how primary care trusts in England could reimburse local pharmacies in order to help meet the Government's evolving agenda for pharmacy and the NHS
Original papers 121-123
Independent pharmacy contractors' views
on the new medicines management service 121-123
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By Allen Tweedie, PhD, FRPharmS, Paul Rutter, PhD, MRPharmS and Ian Jones, PhD,
FRPharmS
Aim — To explore independent contractors’ opinions
on the proposed new medicines management service and to identify factors that
may assist or hinder its implementation
Meetings 124-125
Reports
Standing Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance 124
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Traditional Chinese medicine 125
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Onlooker PDF (80K) 126
Dogs and vocabulary In Science for 11 June is a fascinating account of experiments to discover how dogs as well as children can learn words that determine their activities Text
Passing the buck over child protection To judge whether or not a child is in danger of being mistreated or has indeed been abused by a parent or relative is a tricky business. A number of recent cases in which suspicious deaths of young children have aroused considerable doubt over the circumstances responsible have demonstrated how carefully we have to tread when suspicions have been aroused and call for appropriate forensic reports and expert opinions Text
Cannabis may not present psychosocial risk to youngsters The results of a wide-ranging examination of statistics relating to the possible psychosocial and antisocial effects of the abuse of cannabis by young people are reported in an article that appeared in The Lancet for 15 May, from doctors working in the universities of Birmingham, Keele, Bristol, London and Berne. Their findings indicate that there is no strong evidential support for a causal relationship between the use of cannabis and psychosocial harm, although the possibility of such a connection cannot be discounted Text
The Society PDF (380K) 127-134
• Charter Ballot
• Council united in appealing for support for revised new
Charter Text 127
• Welsh Executive endorses new draft Charter Text 127
• Charter ballot questions and answers Text 128
• Welsh Executive briefing paper on political, health and
pharmacy environment in Wales Text 127
• Welsh Executive produces medicines management briefing for
pharmacists Text 127
• Pass rate of 91.3pc in Society's summer registration examination Text 128
• Leaflet for new members The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has produced a leaflet for its new members entitled “Helping pharmacists achieve excellence” Text 128
• New information sheet looks at domestic medicine chests Text 129
• Pharmaceutical Press publishes book on the therapeutic use of cannabis-based medicines Text 129
• Society represented at palace garden party Text 129
Statutory Committee Reports
• Striking-off for pharmacist who stole from employers Text 130
• Pharmacist's convictions for indecent assault lead to his removal from register Text 130
• Restoration granted after completion of rehabilitation course Text 130
Official notices 2001
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Obituaries & tributes Text 134
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