Leading
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Singing in unison 600
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For once, the pharmacy bodies seem to be singing from the same song sheet. What they are singing about is the consultation carried out by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Department of Health on proposals to introduce independent prescribing for all UK pharmacists, which comes to an end next week
News & Features 601-608
News summary 601-606
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Is a full formulary the best option for pharmacists prescribing independently? 607
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The consultation on independent prescribing by pharmacists is due to close next week on 25 May. Tom Moberly looks at the comments and concerns pharmaceutical organisations have raised in their responses
How discount cuts have hit pharmacy 608
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GSK’s discount changes were met with substantial criticism from community pharmacy. Six weeks after the changes were implemented, Clare Bellingham finds out the impact on the profession
POEMs 606
POEMs series
Reviparin reduces mortality associated with acute myocardial infarction 606
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Products PDF (60K) 609
• Announcements Text 609
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Tariff correction Text 609
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 610
Contract 2005
Locums — key players in workforce and in delivery of the new contract 610
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By John Hughes
Letters PDF (80K) 611-613
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MRSA / CPD / NAWP / Pharmacy graduates / The Society / Council election / History of pharmacy
Interview 614
What will elected technicians bring to the reformed Council’s deliberations? 614
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Next week, the new Council, with its 17 pharmacists, 10 lay members, one academic appointment and two pharmacy technicians, will officially take over from the existing Council. Dawn Connelly interviews technician Lesley Morgan, to find out about her expectations of serving on the Council
Original papers 615-617
Reporting, reflecting on and learning from adverse events in community pharmacy: development and evaluation of an incident reporting form 615-617
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By Darren M. Ashcroft, Charles Morecroft, Dianne Parker and Peter Noyce
Aim — To develop and evaluate an incident reporting
form for the collection of information on patient safety incidents that occur
in community pharmacies
Articles 618-621
Medication review by pharmacists — the evidence still suggests benefit 618-619
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A recent study appears to challenge the effectiveness of medication review and suggests it may have a negative impact. This article discusses questions raised by the study
Does the HOMER trial signal the end for pharmacist medication reviews? 620
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The published data from the HOMER study leave us with more questions than answers but is has raised an important cautionary note for pharmacists about medication reviews, say Caroline Bowyer and Nina Barnett
June FACT: CAM — a challenge or an opportunity for pharmacists? 621
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Research published in the June issue of Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies is highlighted by Natalie Lane
Onlooker PDF (320K) 622
Risk from old strain of flu There is anxiety over the threat of an influenza epidemic since the news that thousands of diagnostic laboratories requesting cultures of Asian flu have been accidentally provided with the H2N2 strain of influenza A rather than one of the currently circulating viruses (H3N2 and H1N1). The H2N2 strain has not been encountered in humans since 1968 and people born after that year will have little, if any, immunity to it Text
Taking a look at “merry springtide’s harbinger” It has been a remarkable springtime for the primroses in my part of the country. This familiar plant was called prima rosa because it was regarded as the first flower of the year, though it has a long blooming season in sheltered hedge banks and is particularly associated with the advent of spring and Easter celebrations Text
Art in a Mendip cave My first experience of stormy weather in a gorge of the magnificent Mendip hills persuaded me to seek shelter in Burrington Combe within the entrance to Aveline’s Hole. This seemed a formidable cave entrance and had something sinister about it, deterring me from venturing too far into its depths Text
Mopping up arsenic Some plants are adept at taking up different metals from their environment. An example that may prove life-saving has been reported in Chemistry World for May. Scientists at De Montfort University, Leicester, have discovered that dried roots of water hyacinth, which thrives in arsenic-rich landscapes, can rapidly reduce arsenical levels in contaminated waters, bringing them below the World Health Organizsation guideline of less than 0.01mg per litre Text
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 623-626
Recent articles
Psoriasis
Psoriasis: first-line treatments 623-626
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In this the first of two articles, Christine Clark reviews the features and treatment of mild to moderate psoriasis
The Society PDF (370K) 627-632
• Up to £140,000 made available for research on the new contract Text 627
• CPD facilitators meet to share feedback and plan next stage Text 627
• 2004 review highlights broad range of Society services Text 627
• Welsh branch secretaries discuss leadership strategy for pharmacy Text 628
• Founder member helps celebrate 50 years of Hertford branch Text 628
• Chief pharmacist addresses Leicestershire branch dinner Text 628
Practice guidance
• Pharmacy services for clinical trials PDF (55K) 629-630
Official notices 2001
to present
• Annual general meeting Text 631
• Scottish AGM Text 631
• Statutory Committee inquiries Text 631
Obituaries & tributes Text 631
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 632
• Society meetings Text 632
Changes in practice (June 21)
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• Conferences Text 609
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Awards Text 609
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Resources Text 609
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Wants Text 609
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