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Today’s skills for tomorrow 134
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Care of patients out of hours is in flux. Developments in out-of-hours services have been prompted by changes to the general medical services contract which have resulted in many GPs opting out of 24-hour cover. The imminent introduction of the new pharmacy contracts plus Government plans to ensure NHS Direct channels all out-of-hours calls and that the most appropriate use is made of accident and emergency services are also playing a part. Taken together they illustrate how different health professionals can co-operate to ensure patients receive good care, whatever the time of day or night. And to steer things in the right direction guidance was published last week on how to ensure patients have easy access to medicines out of hours
Bring overseas members into the fold 134
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Overseas members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society who have registered as practising pharmacists still feel aggrieved. With the abolition of the special retention fee for overseas pharmacists at the beginning of this year, they have had to absorb a rise of 156 per cent from £100 to £256 so that they now pay the same as practising pharmacists resident in Britain
News & Features 135-141
News summary 135-139
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Where will patients go out of hours for help and advice about medicines? 140-141
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New guidance on provision of medicines out of hours forms part of a substantial change to out-of-hours services. Clare Bellingham reports
Products PDF (65K) 142-143
• Products Text 142
• Announcements Text 142
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 142
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POEMs 143
POEMs series
Placebo effect only found for continuous, patient-reported outcomes 143
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Broad Spectrum 144
When will the Society finally sort out CPD for overseas pharmacists? 144
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By Sara Barrow
Letters PDF (100K) 145-147
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Nutrition / Dispensary assistants / Employment / Problem-based learning / Community pharmacy / Morphine sulphate / The profession / The Society / CPD / Pharmacy practice / We've had enough of...
Articles 148-153
Dealing with information overload:
application of evidence at point of care 148-150
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In this article, the authors describe how to identify, filter, evaluate, use and apply new information to enhance patient care
Opportunities in primary care: diary of a pharmacist supplementary prescriber 151-152
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Graham Lavender, a supplementary prescriber at Southampton City Primary Care Trust, has developed the clinical examination skills necessary to monitor and start medication. He describes a typical afternoon
Complementary medicine
Beware the danger of applying double standards to complementary medicine 153
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In this seventh article in a series on complementary medicine, Edzard Ernst tells us why we need to apply the same level of objectivity to complementary medicine as we do to conventional medicine
Onlooker PDF (85K) 154
What has happened to our house sparrows? The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds held its annual Big Garden Bird Watch last weekend, when people were asked to count the birds they saw in one hour in their own gardens or a local park. One formerly common garden bird that observers may well have failed to spot is the house sparrow, whose numbers have declined at a disturbing rate over recent years Text
The price of trying to keep the planet clean A commentary by Rebecca Renner published in Science for 10 December 2004 draws attention to the menace posed today by products based on perfluorinated chemicals that are designed to protector our domestic furnishings from staining Text
Science should be used to foster world peace and stability rather than weapons research There is a sharp criticism of the present tendencies in science education by Chris Langley in New Scientist for 22 January. He points out that an association between science and the military hierarchy has existed for ages. Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci, inventors of telescopes, submarines, catapults and parachutes, had their ideas pilfered by military strategists Text
We have a choice — for now Text
The Society PDF (420K) 155-162
• Society seeks BPC science and practice research medallists Text 155
• Academics to get reduced rates at BPC Text 155
• Scottish Executive brings forward date of its annual election Text 156
• CPD website upgrade for greater access Text 156
• CPD software now available for personal computers Text 156
• New lists of competencies added to CPD website Text 156
• Reminder on CPD obligation Text 156
Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001
to present
• Endorsement of prescriptions Text 156
Medicines, Ethics and Practice: a guide for pharmacists 157
February 2005 amendments Text
• Women community pharmacists encouraged to help with workforce research project Text 157
Statutory Committee Reports
• Pharmacist reprimanded for unlawful MST supply Text 158
• Drink and drugs case adjournment subject to a range of conditions Text 158
• Reprimand for allowing unsupervised supply of CDs Text 159
• Contravention of CD instalment instructions leads to reprimand Text 159
• Former dihydrocodeine addict receives reprimand Text 160
• No further action taken in case arising from error in injection supply Text 160
• Decision postponed to allow pharmacist to tackle his “weaknesses” Text 160
Official notices 2001
to present
• Council election 2005 Text 161
• Scottish Department Executive election Text 161
• Statutory Committee decisions Text 161
Obituaries & tributes Text 161
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 162
• Society meetings Text 162
Stability testing of pharmaceuticals (February 21-23)
• Future events Text 143
• Conferences Text 143
• Reunions Text
Awards Text 143
UKCPA awards
Charitable requests Text
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Resources Text 143
Medicines Compendium
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Wants Text 143
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