Leading
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Play your part in history! 286
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This year’s election to the Council will go down in the annals of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as a historic one, if only because it sees the first major change to the constitution of the Council since three Privy Council nominees were introduced in 1934. That was when the Society took on the responsibility for compulsory registration of pharmacists, paving the way for regulation of the profession as it is understood today
News & Features 287-294
News summary, including R&D news 287-292
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Is it time to end prescription charges? 293
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Prescription charges will go up in some parts of the UK on 1 April. Clare Bellingham investigates whether an end to prescription charging is in sight
Will community pharmacists really
be able to prescribe independently? 294
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A man comes into your community pharmacy and
asks what he can take to treat his severe eczema. You recommend a betamethasone
cream and write out a prescription. Is this a likely consequence of the
consultation on independent prescribing by pharmacists, Tom Moberly asks
Products PDF (40K) 295
• Products Text 295
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 295
Half Beta Prograne 80mg
Broad Spectrum 296
St John’s wort — an ethical dilemma? 296
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By Alison Blenkinsopp
Letters PDF (80K) 297-300
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Mental health / Malawi / Technician registration / CPD / Price reductions / The Society
Vision for pharmacy 301
Vision for pharmacy
How pharmacy can benefit patients and professionals in palliative care 301
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Harriet Adcock finds out how pharmacy’s role in the palliative care of hospice patients has expanded in the past 15 years
Articles 302-303
Developing evidence-based PILs to inform the public about St John’s wort 302-303
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In this article, Michelle King describes how, in response to requests from the public, a group in Grampian reviewed the evidence, dealt with uncertainties and produced patient information leaflets on the herbal remedy St John’s wort
Onlooker PDF (80K) 304
Taking a trip down the treacle well I was intrigued to come across a reference to a treacle well in a contribution by Dr J. T. Hughes in Pharmaceutical Historian for December 2004. This referred to an incident mentioned by Lewis Carroll in his ‘Alice’s adventures in Wonderland’, where the dormouse describes three sisters who lived at the bottom of a well and were accustomed to eating treacle Text
Ethics, common sense and the secrets of scientific research In the 11 February issue of Science, three doctors comment on the increasing control exerted by politicians over the conduct, funding, publication and public use of some results of scientific research Text
Violent behaviour — looking at it from the entertainment
angle It is no new thing to seek in the world of entertainment the roots of violent behaviour by children and adolescents. An extensive review of the situation, from the University of Birmingham, appears in The Lancet for 19 February. This draws attention to the pronouncement of the World Health Organization to the effect that a public health approach is needed to the prevention of violence and the reduction of mortality and morbidity in societies Text
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 309-312
Recent articles
Sleep and sleeping disorders
Snoring and the evidence behind the various treatments available 309-312
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Should pharmacists recommend anti-snoring products? In this final article in a series on sleep and sleeping disorders, Alan Nathan provides a background to the causes of and treatments for snoring, and reviews the evidence behind various anti-snoring products that are available over the counter
The Society PDF (660K) 305-308,
313-320
• Five elections to be held as 33 fight to join reformed Council Text 305
• FIP visit to York Place Text 305
• Branch secretaries meet Text 305
• Council election candidates’ “Who’s who” PDF (360K) 306-308,
313-317
• Local pharmacy links shown at Lambeth library Text 317
• New dates for BPC 2006 Text 317
Official notices 2001
to present
• Approval of regulations: election of Council members and appointed
Council members Text 318
• Council voting papers Text 318
• Appointment to panel of fellows Text 318
• Statutory Committee decisions Text 318
• Payment of retention fee Text 318
Obituaries & tributes Text 318-319
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 320
• Society meetings Text 319-320
Wessex regional conference — innovation in pharmacy
practice (April 24)
Symposium on the impact of the EU clinical trials directive
(May 19)
Advanced workshop on PK/PD data analysis (May 15-19)
• Future events Text 295
• Conferences Text 319
• Reunions Text 295
London School of Pharmacy (1961-65)
Awards Text
Charitable requests Text
Corrections Text
Resources Text
Wants Text 295
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