The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 pp477-506 No 7346
23 April 2005

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COMMENT:

Leading Articles PDF (40K)   478

Last words on Mrs Brant 478
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There can be no pharmacist in the land who is not thankful that the allegations made against Ghislaine Brant (the pharmacist who supplied Shipman with diamorphine, which he used for his nefarious activities) were thrown out by the Statutory Committee and that the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence would take no further action

Could BRM broaden its agenda in future? 478
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Motions to be discussed at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s branch representatives’ meeting in May are published this week


News & Features   479-484

News summary  479-483
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Will new rural dispensing regulations mean peace with dispensing doctors? 484
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Updated regulations relating to dispensing in rural areas should clear up some areas of contention between pharmacists and dispensing doctors in England. Meanwhile, pharmacy contractors in Wales are waiting to hear how their regulations will change. Hannah Pike reports


Products PDF (85K)   485

• Products Text 485

National Association of Women Pharmacists Text 485

• Drug tariff updates Text

• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 485
    DRUG ALERT: Augmentin powder for reconstitution


Broad Spectrum   486

Competing for an independent future 486
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By Noel Baumber


Letters PDF (100K)  487-491 

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Council election / Statutory Committee / Herbal medicines / Technicians / Obesity / GlaxoSmithKline / CPD / The profession / Registration fees


Original papers   492-493

Comparison of supplementary prescribers’ and doctors’ compliance with guidelines for drug dosing in haemofiltration on an intensive care unit 492-493
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By Robert Shulman and Yogini Jani
Aim —To compare supplementary prescribing with doctor prescribing of anti-infective agents in haemofiltered patients


Onlooker PDF (70K)   494

Regulation of herbal remedies in Europe In the 24 March issue of the New England Journal of Medicine Dr Peter De Smet of The Hague described changes in the control of herbal remedies in Europe Text

Rescuing a Garden of Eden that has been ravaged by a brutal regime Often referred to as the original Garden of Eden, the Mesopotamian marshes of southern Iraq have long been regarded as the cradle of western civilisation Text

How your diet influences your risk of colorectal or oesophageal cancer In an editorial in the 25 March issue of Science the head of the Gastrointestinal Biology and Health Programme at the Institute of Food Research in Norwich, Ian Johnson, has reported on the relationship between diet and the incidence of cancers of the gut Text


Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   501-504
Recent articles

Antibacterial therapy
Understanding antibiotic resistance   501-504
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In this final article in a series of three, Hayley Wickens and Paul Wade examine the mechanisms by which antibiotic resistance can arise and spread. The article concludes with a look at the main multidrug-resistant organisms causing clinical concern


The Society PDF (300K)   495-500, 505-506

•  BRM to debate Register and fees Text 495

•  Society consults on ending reciprocal registration scheme Text 495

•  No election needed this year for Welsh Executive or HPG Text 495

•  Motions for branch representatives’ meeting Text 496-500

Official notices 2001 to present
• Amendment to the Byelaws: Registration of overseas pharmacists Text 505
• Amendment to the examination regulations Text 505
• Welsh Executive election 2005 Text 505
• Hospital Pharmacists Group Committee election 2005 Text 505

Obituaries & tributes Text 505


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text 506

• Society meetings Text 506
    Symposium on the impact of the EU clinical trials directive (May 19)

• Future events Text 485

• Conferences Text 485

• Reunions Text 485
    Portsmouth 1980


Awards Text 485
    NPA/GHP award

Charitable requests Text

Corrections Text

Resources Text
  
Wants Text