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Unintended consequences 100
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Medication reviews were given a bad press last week. A paper in the BMJ suggested that, if anything, pharmacist interventions caused more problems than they solved and patients were more likely to find themselves in hospital after a review than if they had been left in peace and quiet. However, before pharmacists start tearing their hair out and wondering why on earth medicines use reviews have been given such an important role to play in the new community pharmacy contracts, they should read the News feature. This puts the findings in context
Focus on Iraq 100
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Readers might wonder why The Journal has chosen to focus on Iraq, although the first national election planned for this weekend provides a timely hook for an Article on the current pharmaceutical chaos in that country. After all, it does not have anything to do with pharmacy practice in Britain and many people may be beginning to feel compassion fatigue after being bombarded with images from the fringes of the Indian Ocean over the past few weeks
News & Features 101-106
News summary 101-105
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Medication reviews hang in balance 106
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Medication reviews by pharmacists appear to be an effective method of reviewing drug treatments. A study published last week suggests, however, that they may increase hospital admissions. Tom Moberly looks at this new study and the implications of its finding
Products PDF (60K) 107
• Products Text 107
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 107
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Broad Spectrum 108
Devolution should include England to ensure real professional leadership 108
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By Howard McNulty and Peter Jones
Letters PDF (120K) 109-114
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Controlled drugs / Diamorphine shortage / Medicines information / Placebo effect / The Society / Registration examination / Dispensing / We've had enough of…
Articles 115-122,
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Pharmaceutical chaos: e-mails from an academic pharmacist in Iraq 115-116
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Elections for a transitional national assembly are to be held in Iraq on 30 January. Pamela Mason corresponds with Ayad Ali, a pharmacist in Iraq, who shares his experiences and reflections on the impact of the Iraqi war on pharmacists and pharmaceutical services
Problem-based learning in the fourth year of the MPharm at Manchester 117-120
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This article describes the implementation of problem-based learning in the fourth-year undergraduate curriculum at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Manchester
Proper measurement of blood pressure would save lives and money 121-122
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In this article, Bob Michell discusses why pharmacists are well placed to measure blood pressure and the best way to do it
Dirty work — cleaning up our act 127
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Malcolm E. Brown reflects upon whether pharmacists are jettisoning one wodge of dirty work only to be lumbered with another
Continuing Professional Development
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Recent articles
Management of gallstone disease 123-126
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Gallstones are a major cause of health care
expenditure and affect an estimated 5.5 million people in the UK. They
are found in 12 per cent of men and 24 per cent of women. In this article,
Quentin Nunes and Ian Beckingham give an overview of the presentation
and diagnosis of gallstones and look at current treatment options
CPD Diary
CPD diary: independent pharmacist gears up for everything 126
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Ramesh Patel is an independent community pharmacist in Hounslow, Middlesex, and has been on the Register for 29 years. Mr Patel works a busy six-day week (9am to 7pm) and has three children, one of whom is also a pharmacist
Onlooker PDF (85K) 128
Beware! Betting can have a huge impact on health Moves to widen access to facilities for gambling have, as might be expected, aroused disquiet in some quarters. Gambling casinos like those characteristic of Las Vegas are promised in popular resorts such as Blackpool, while technological advances have offered additional gambling avenues via the internet, interactive television and mobile phoning Text
How science in the US is being forced to bow its head to politics A rather alarming situation is revealed in a report in Science for 26 November 2004. A recent panel of the US National Academies has found that the Bush administration in the US has adopted the practice of requiring some appointees to scientific advisory panels to reveal their political affiliations, voting records and attitudes towards issues that the panel is considering. This revelation has naturally aroused criticism from the communications media and several watchdog groups Text
Essential interaction between water supply and flourishing civilisations It is too often forgotten by modern civilisations that water plays an essential part in maintaining a culture and a living community. It must not only be provided to maintain life but also discarded efficiently to safeguard health Text
The Society PDF (240K) 129-132
• Students can go to BPC for only £5 Text 129
• Pharmacy business management book will fill a gap in guidance Text 129
• New book provides introduction to economic evaluation in health care Text 129
Statutory Committee Reports
• NHS fraudster unlikely to be allowed to practise again Text 130
• Restoration refused to man lacking “required standards of integrity” Text 130
Official notices 2001
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• Council election 2005 Text 131
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• Branch meetings Text 132
• Society meetings Text 131
Arden House Conference — materials science (March 21-23)
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