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Then six came along at once 256
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We wait for weeks for news and then, like buses, announcements all come along at the same time. This week has been like that
News & Features 257-266
News summary 257-263
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Revised Duthie report emphasises the role of the multidisciplinary team 264-265
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A revision of the Duthie report, led by the Hospital Pharmacists Group and published this week by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, emphasises the role of the multidisciplinary team in safe and secure handling of medicines. Gareth Jones, editor of Hospital Pharmacist, reports
The future for stop-smoking services 266
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No Smoking Day is here again. Smoking cessation services run by community pharmacists are continuing to have a high impact on quit rates, but how will these services be affected by the new community pharmacy contract? Hannah Pike investigates
Products PDF (70K) 267
• Products Text 267
• Announcements Text 267
Talbot Green is Tesco pharmacy of the year more
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• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 267
Hameln Pharmaceuticals sodium chloride injection
Letters PDF (75K) 268-270
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Problem-based learning / Support staff / Co-proxamol / Mental health / New contract / Repeat dispensing / Overseas pharmacists / Registration / Recruitment / The profession
Articles 271-278
Information mastery
Evaluating promotional material from industry: an evidence-based approach 271-274
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In this article, the authors illustrate how the principles of information mastery, described in a previous article (PJ, 5 February, p148), may be used to evaluate promotional material produced by the pharmaceutical industry
Are pharmacists worth the investment in their training and the ongoing costs? 275-278
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In this article, Lesley Curtis and Ann Netten identify the initial costs of investing in training pharmacists and estimate the impact on unit costs of a pharmacist of including the equivalent annual cost of this investment
Meetings 279
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Pharmacists Defence Association 279
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Onlooker PDF (90K) 280
Alcohol: a problem that is possibly beyond solution Addiction to drugs of many shapes and sizes is a problem that haunts our clever culture. If we discourage one drug another will arise to take its place in society. But looming over the whole drug scene is ethanol in some form or other, probably because the consumption of alcoholic liquors offers employment to thousands and brings financial gain to governments and entrepreneurs Text
Is science on the way out of our education? The move on the part of Exeter University to close its chemistry department has been greeted with consternation in some quarters. It has prompted a prominent chemist now at the University of Sussex, Sir Harry Kroto, to hand back an honorary degree from Exeter in protest. Moreover, chemistry is not the only discipline under threat. Physics is encountering the same antagonism on the part of university authorities
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Motoring and the price of freedom / Indifference is inhumanity Text
Veterinary Pharmacists Group insert
Veterinary Pharmacists Group
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The Society PDF (230K) 281-284
• Community pharmacists have full access to NHS electronic library Text 281
• New editor takes over at International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Text 281
• Third Independent supplement on pharmacy careers Text 281
Medicines, Ethics and Practice: a guide for pharmacists 281
March 2005 amendments Text
Obituaries & tributes Text 282-283
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• Branch meetings Text 284
• Society meetings Text 283
Arden House Conference: materials science (21-23 March)
• Future events Text 267
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text 267
Sunderland / Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology
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Charitable requests Text
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Wants Text 267
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