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End of the tunnel? 368
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At last, the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has agreed that the draft Royal Charter should be formally put forward to the Privy Council for final consideration by the Queen (or rather her representatives in government). The decision was made at an extra formal Council meeting held this week following a discussion on the membership ballot on the draft Charter carried out earlier this summer
Seen and now heard 368
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Pharmacists are given a central role in delivering the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services published earlier this week
News & Features 369-376
News summary 369-375
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Preparing PCTs for the new contract 376
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Successful implementation of the new community pharmacy contract in England and Wales will depend on primary care trusts. This week, PCTs were given advice about how to get prepared. Clare Bellingham reports
Products PDF (50K) 377
• Products Text 377
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 378
When is quality and safety assured? 378
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By Geoff Crumplin and Joy Wingfield
Letters PDF (110K) 379-384
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Counterfeit drugs / Packaging / Simvastatin / Shipman inquiry / The register / Personal control / The Society / New contract / Employee pharmacists / Tuberculosis / Retention fee / Overseas membership / Onlooker
Contract 2005 385
Contract 2005
What the new contract has in store 385
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This is the first article in a new series that will provide an overview of the services that community pharmacists will be expected to offer under the new community pharmacy contract in England and Wales. Clare Bellingham starts the series by reviewing the overall structure of the new contract
Continuing Professional Development
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Recent articles
Tuberculosis series
Tuberculosis chemotherapy in the UK 386-388
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In this third article of our series on tuberculosis, Anthony Grosso, Yogini Jani and June Minton provide an overview of standard treatment
Meetings 389-397
Reports
FIP: World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 389-397
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Onlooker PDF (80K) 398
Spiders under the spotlight In his book ‘The world of spiders’ (l958), the arachnologist William S. Bristowe commented: “Spiders may be liked or disliked but nowhere are
they ignored.” Most people hate or fear large spiders such as Tegenaria haunting their homes, although many who find minute money-spiders such as Linyphia on their clothing while walking in the country regard them as friendly and indeed of good omen as regards future prosperity Text
Utility companies sued over global warming An extraordinary development in the global warming debate is described in Science for 30 July. It has been known for years that the US is by far the worst offender when it comes to the industrial emissions that are calculated to raise the temperature of our planet. The US administration has gone to great lengths to excuse its own attitude to the problem Text
We must identify the forces driving vandalism The petty but highly disturbing and destructive practice of vandalism seems to making ugly inroads into our culture. A Vandal in the classical meaning of the word was a member of a Germanic people who earned notoriety in the fourth and fifth centuries of our era by ravaging Rome and destroying books and works of art. Thus, by definition a Vandal was the name given to a wanton and ignorant destroyer of other people’s property Text
Nothing endures for ever Text
The Society PDF (350K) 399-404
• BPC session for students to throw spotlight on careers in pharmacy Text 399
• BPC to have “strong” social programme Text 399
• First group studying for animal health certificate meets Text 400
• Paying the Society’s retention fees for 2005 Text 400
• New series of inspectors’ talks for preregistration trainees Text 400
Statutory Committee Reports
• Striking-off for false NHS claims Text 401
• Restoration granted to man who was convicted of fraud Text 401
• Committee criticises penalty limitations of its “curious” regulations Text 401
• Pharmacist was under the influence of drink in charge of pharmacy Text 402
• Pharmacist altered prescriptions for own use Text 402
• Restoration allowed after second application for man struck off for
Viagra offences Text 402
Official notices 2001
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• Statutory Committee inquiries Text 403
Obituaries & tributes Text 403-404
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 404
• Society meetings Text 404
History of Whipps Cross Hospital pharmacy
• Future events Text 377
• Conferences Text 377
• Reunions Text
Awards Text
Charitable requests Text
Corrections Text 377
Richard Barker
Resources Text 377
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