The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 pp1-34 No 7331
1/8 January 2005

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COMMENT:

Leading Article PDF (45K)   2

Confidence and competence 2
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In 2003, we devoted the first issue of The Journal (4 January) to supplementary prescribing. The Government’s aim was to have 1,000 pharmacist supplementary prescribers in practice by the end of 2004 and, although that target has not been achieved (there were 322 on the Register at that point), the benefits to patients — particularly those with long-term conditions — are increasingly acknowledged


News & Features   3-9

News summary  3-7
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Independent prescribing draws closer 8-9
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A Government consultation on independent prescribing by pharmacists is about to be published. Clare Bellingham talked to some pharmacy opinion leaders about the issues that the consultation will address and how independent prescribing might develop


Products PDF (45K)   10

• Announcements Text 10
• Products Text 10

• Drug tariff updates Text

• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 10
    Pregestimil infant formula powder



Letters PDF (85K)  12-15 

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Drug donations / CAM / Pharmacy in Scotland / Community pharmacy / Prescribing / Prosecution / New contract / CPD / Registration exam / Barcodes / Retention fee / New Year's resolutions / The Society / The Journal


Articles   16-21

Women pharmacists celebrate the centenary of their national association 16
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The National Association of Women Pharmacists was founded in 1905. Pamela Mason sets the scene for the forthcoming celebrations

Why pharmacists might like to find out more about local slimming clubs 17-18
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Many of the people pharmacists come into contact with this week will have made a health-related new year’s resolution. Hilary Davies shares her experience of joining a slimming club and takes a broader look at how pharmacists can help those who need to lose weight

Is the information out there? What the UKMi new medicines portfolio offers 19-20
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In this article, Helen Davis advises on the information available from the UKMi network for pharmacists to find out about new drugs

Complementary medicine
Media and complementary medicines 21
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In the sixth article in a series on complementary medicine, Edzard Ernst questions the affect the media has on the reputation of these treatments


Meetings   22-24
Reports

Nutrition and Health Conference 22
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American Society of Health-system Pharmacists 23-24
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Reviews PDF (55K)   25

Martindale: the complete drug reference edited by Sean Sweetman Text 25

Osteoporosis in focus by Niall Ferguson Text 25


Onlooker PDF (70K)   26

Death of a poet: new light is shed on an old mystery When Dylan Thomas died in New York on 9 November 1953 he was in deep coma that had been attributed to his admitted consumption of 18 whiskeys four days previously. Dylan had for years been a hopeless alcoholic and had also been taking sleeping drugs and corticosteroids, so that his death in hospital was ascribed to the massive alcohol overdose Text

Small is beautiful for early people of Indonesia Every year we seem to come across new evidence concerning the origins of humans and necessity for renaming some of the strange ancestors and distant cousins that emerge from the mists of time. In Nature for 28 October 2004 and Science for 29 October 2004 there are accounts of the discovery of a race of diminutive humans only about a metre tall and possessing a brain the size of a grapefruit, similar to that of a small chimpanzee Text

Turning on the heat: who is to blame? In Nature for 2 December 2004 a group from the universities of Oxford and Reading has examined the question of how far human activities contributed to the European heatwave of 2003. This was the hottest summer in Europe since about AD1500, and an unusually large number of deaths were attributed to it in France, Germany and Italy Text

And I quote … Bring back the taboo Text


The Society PDF (340K)   27-34

•  Election of new Council begins Text 27

•  Maurice Hickey resigns from the Society’s Council Text 27

•  Society appoints lead for long-term conditions and public health Text 27

Medicines, Ethics and Practice: a guide for pharmacists 27
January 2005 amendments Text

Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
• Chloramphenicol errors Text 27


Network News Summary insert
• Future thinking on services provided by the branches Text
• Branch meetings, January to June 2005 PDF (50K)
• It can be a risky business running a Society branch Text


•  Pharmacy information pointers Medicines requiring storage at low temperature in the pharmacy Text   PDF (35K) 28

•  Stand and deliver! Could you be a Council member? Text 29

•  Steps to take if you are seeking election to the Council Text 30


Official notices 2001 to present
• Council election 2005 Text 31
• Retiring members of Council Text 31
• Council election procedures Text 31-33
• Statutory Committee decisions Text 33


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text 34

• Society meetings Text 34
    Legislative changes affecting the qualified person (15 February)

• Future events Text

• Conferences Text

• Reunions Text


Awards Text 10
    CPP Schering Award

Charitable requests Text

Corrections Text 10
    Code of Ethics: Online pharmacy service
    Sam Bolanakis

Resources Text 10
    Incontinence advice
    Epilepsy memory guide

Wants Text