Leading
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Divided, we stand 164
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Although there is still disquiet in some quarters
that the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has allowed the regulation of pharmacy
to swamp other activities, there are signs that the professional side
of the Society is moving up the agenda fast. At last week’s Council
meeting, members were given the first taste of what Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
has been discussing with the Devolution Review Group that was set up
last year. Their preliminary proposals make stimulating reading
News & Features 165-171
News summary, including R&D 165-171
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Products PDF (55K) 172-173
• Products Text 172
• Announcements Text 172
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 172
Milpharm trimethoprim
Broad Spectrum 174
Irrational humans and public health 174
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By Terry Maguire
Letters PDF (75K) 175-177
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Pharmacy workforce / Analgesics / Packaging / The Society / CPD / The Journal
Articles 178
Tsunami relief: same mistakes repeated 178
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Pamela Mason has spoken to pharmacists working to manage drug donations in Indonesia in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami
Meetings 179
Reports
Drug Utilisation Research Group 179
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Onlooker PDF (100K) 180
Harnessing the power of imagination Imagination is defined by philosophers, as “The power of the mind to consider things that are not present to the senses, and to consider that which is not taken to be real.” It conjures up images of things past, present and future, and is therefore an important part of the human psyche. How far imagination can be credited to other animals is indeterminate Text
Looking back at the hanging gardens as new hypotheses emerge The
celebrated Hanging Gardens of Babylon, included among the seven wonders
of the ancient world, were reputed to have been constructed by the Assyrian
queen Semiramis and later added to by Nebuchadnezzar some two centuries
later, about 600BC Text
Facing up to fear: the eyes and the expression The ability of humans to display states of emotion and perceive them by observing changes in facial expression has been claimed to be a method for rapid exchange of signals without the need to use words. If an individual can non-verbally communicate the warning of an immediate threat in the vicinity to a neighbour the danger can be more rapidly offset by action Text
Society defined / Advice for the stiff-necked Text
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 187-190
Recent articles
Sleep and sleeping disorders
Sleep and sleeping disorders 187-190
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In the first article of three on sleep and sleeping
disorders, Susan Allen looks at the function of sleep and the effects of sleep
deprivation. Sleeping disorders discussed here include sleep apnoea, narcolepsy
and restless legs syndrome
The Society PDF (530K) 181-186,
191-194
• February Council meeting: attendance and guests Text 181
• Council to consider creating English board, too Text 181
• Council debates the implications of proposed three-board structure Text 182
• Accommodating reformed Council needs redevelopment at Lambeth Text 182
• Some former Council members are ineligible for re-election until next year at the earliest Text 183
• CHRE asked to protest about delay to Order Text 183
• Council to consider establishing Governance Committee Text 183
• Council approves a vision statement and a mission statement for the Society Text 183
• Action plan for addressing diversity issues within the Society and the profession Text 183
• Meeting sought with MHRA over medicines withdrawals Text 186
• Lord Newton receives honorary fellowship Text 186
• Appeals procedure approved for technicians register Text 186
• Council agrees action plan on Shipman Inquiry report Text 186
• Vacancy on Council Text 186
• Panel of fellows Text 186
• Report of the Society’s Devolution Review Group Text PDF (50K) 184-185
• Over 40,000 pharmacists on 2005 register Text 186
• This is not change for change’s sake but preparing
the profession to make its mark on the future Nicholas Wood, President of the Society tackles the concerns of members so forcibly expressed in letters to The Journal Text 191
• Minister’s support for pharmacists’ new roles Text 192
• Government secondment for secretary of Welsh Executive Text 192
• Business development manager appointed for BNF Text 192
• Chairman announced for RPS Publishing Text 192
Official notices 2001
to present
• Statutory Committee inquiries Text 193
• Council election 2005 Text 193
• Scottish Department Executive election Text 193
Obituaries & tributes Text 193
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 194
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 173
• Conferences Text 173
• Reunions Text 173
Cardiff 1980 / Robert Gordon 1995
Awards Text 172
Visions of Science / Hospital technicians
Charitable requests Text
Corrections Text 173
Medicines Compendium
Resources Text 173
OTC pregnancy guide / Epilepsy self-help guide
Wants Text 172-173
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