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Time to relax regulations 322
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Responses from the key pharmacy bodies to the Government consultation on skill mix are largely the same: the current strict regulations on supervision and personal control need to be relaxed if pharmacists are to be able to provide all the new services that the profession advocates
Hold on to your hats! 322
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Just when everyone was beginning to relax and think that the Government had had its main say on the regulation of the pharmacy profession, and all that everyone was waiting for was the Section 60 consultation, there is more turbulence in the air
News & Features 323-330
News summary 323-329
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RFID — a practical way of eliminating dispensing errors and counterfeits? 330
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Aegate, a company set up by PA Consulting to test a new way of combating pharmaceutical fraud and counterfeiting, believes that it has found a solution that will be acceptable to pharmaceutical companies and pharmacists. Michael Thompson reports
Products PDF (75K) 331
• Products Text 331
Glasgow pharmacist wins local NHS award Text 331
• Drug tariff updates Text 331
England and Wales: Rifampicin capsules 300mg
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 332-333
Communicating information about medicines needs a national standard 332
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By Sharon Steel
Peer review — a filter, not a barrier, in the search for scientific truth 333
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By John Clements
Letters PDF (90K) 334-337
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Public liability insurance / Community pharmacy / New contract / Council election / Prescription charges / Repeat dispensing / ETP / Complementary medicine / The Society / The Journal
Articles 338-339
Supplementary prescribing can be adapted to improve discharge planning 338
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In this article the authors describe their experience in adapting supplementary prescribing to the discharge process in a cardiac unit
Complementary medicine and Pharmacy around the world
Complementary medicine in Germany 339
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In this eighth article in a series on complementary medicine, Edzard Ernst compares the German attitude with the approach in the UK
Onlooker PDF (70K) 340
New light on celebrated city In the 25 February issue of Science there is an account of issues discussed at the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology last December. The city and harbour of Alexandria, site of the tomb of Alexander the Great and the place where Cleopatra died, was once the meeting place of merchants and philosophers alike, and was noted especially for its Pharos lighthouse, one of the wonders of the world Text
Skeleton of a strange dispute between archaeologists Archaeological researchers have recently been engaging in a dispute regarding a strange miniature skeleton discovered in a cave in the Indonesian island of Flores. A team led by Mike Morwood of the University of New England discovered the human bones but a local archaeologist, Teku Jacob, claimed the right to examine them and was allowed to take them to his laboratory, so that other experts have been denied access to them Text
Plucking the fruit of memory and running the risk of spoiling its bloom Memory is a strange phenomenon with which we all have to cope. It involves two processes: the first is the learning of new skills, new behaviour patterns or pieces of information; later comes the recall or re-expression of the skill or information, a process known as retrieval. Memory has different aspects… Text
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What the renal-specific medicines management document has achieved PM1-2
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Benzodiazepine withdrawal at a pharmacy technician-led clinic PM3
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Technicians — include or exclude? PM4
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The Society PDF (410K) 341-346
• Society wants fewer legal restrictions on pharmacists Text 341
• Pharmacy technician registrations top 500 Text 342
• Museum launches loan box for local schools Text 342
• New edition of pharmacy calculations book Text 342
• BPC medal applications Text 342
• Careers supplement Text 342
Statutory Committee Reports
• Reprimand follows second failure to keep CD register up to date Text 343
• Restoration to register is refused for a second time Text 343
Treasures of the Royal Pharmaceutical
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• The earliest known dated delftware drug jar Text 344
• Society announces programme of science meetings in 2005 Text 344
Official notices 2001
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• Statutory Committee inquiries Text 345
• Council voting papers Text 345
• BPC 2005 science medal Text 345
• BPC 2005 practice research medal Text 345
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• Branch meetings Text 346
• Society meetings Text 346
Paediatric formulations (April 25)
Residential course — analytical validation (July 6-8)
• Future events Text 331
• Conferences Text
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Awards Text 331
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Corrections Text 331
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