The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 pp779-806 No 7355
25 June 2005

Pharmaceutical Journal, 25 June 2005

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Leading article
News
Products

COMMENT
Broad spectrum
Letters
Off the record
Agenda for 2005
Vision for pharmacy

SPECIAL FEATURE
How reforms are affecting recruitment

Articles
Onlooker

Veterinary Pharmacists Group

THE SOCIETY
News
Statutory Committee
Official notices
Obituaries & tributes
Branch/Society meetings

DIARY
Future events
Reunions

Awards, grants
Charitable requests
Corrections
Resources
Wants

Jobs and Classified advertising


Leading Article PDF (50K)   780

Patterns in recruitment 780
Text  
Subtle changes in the patterns of pharmacist recruitment are beginning to be seen according to The Journal's annual Special feature examining the market


News   781-786

News summary  781-786
Text    PDF (460K)


Products PDF (60K)   787

• Products Text 787
• Announcements Text 787
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 787
   Staril tablets / Blood glucose meters


Broad Spectrum   788

Time to resolve the professional anomaly of private prescription pricing 788
PDF (50K)
By J.M. Fallon


Letters PDF (90K)  789-791 

Text  
Reciprocity / CPD / Prescribing / New Pharmacy Contract / Birdsgrove House / The Society


Off the record   790
Off the record

The need for Cox-2 inhibitors for ankylosing spondylitis  790
Text   PDF (30K)
I have ankylosing spondylitis and I was taking Vioxx until it was withdrawn last autumn. I have taken ibuprofen and diclofenac and I am currently taking etoricoxib. I have a running argument with my GP about his responsibility for prescribing a drug which is disapproved of by the primary care trust. My consultant asks my GP to prescribe a drug which he himself would not be allowed to prescribe because his hospital trust will not allow it onto their formulary


Agenda for 2005   792
Agenda for 2005

Why technicians should register with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society 792
PDF (230K)
A statement produced jointly by the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK, and the Hospital Pharmacists Group of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in support of the voluntary registration of pharmacy technicians


Special feature   793-796

How reforms are affecting recruitment 793-796
PDF (380K)
By D Andalo
How recent reforms in pharmacy have affected recruitment in different sectors


Veterinary Pharmacists Group   insert
Veterinary Pharmacists Group

June newsletter PDF (1 MB)


Vision for pharmacy   797-798
Vision for pharmacy

Consultant pharmacists introduced to develop clinical pharmacy service 797-798
PDF (140K)

Articles   799-801

Learning about prescribing in the undergraduate pharmacy degree course: the Manchester experience 799-800
PDF (60K)
Jason Hall and Darren Ashcroft describe their experiences of developing and running a module on pharmacist prescribing for pharmacy undergraduates

New procedures for publication of contributions 801
PDF (50K)


Onlooker PDF (140K)   802

Bracken threat needs firm measures on the moors I note that the Dartmoor Preservation Association is organising a campaign to restrain the spread of bracken in the Dartmoor National Park Text

Delicious, nourishing and wholesome food A commentary in The Lancet for 4 June by a neuroscientist from Baltimore, points out that our ancestors used to consume their food irregularly, sometimes having to subsist on one substantial meal in the day or go without for several days Text

Colour choice in sportswear can confer an advantage over rivals The colour red is associated with dominance, particularly male dominance, in the animal world. In human societies, red has long been associated with good luck, health and joy, presumably because of its association with blood Text


The Society PDF (720K)   803-806

•  President urges members to make views known to boards Text 803

• Medicines Complete online service is given new look Text 803

• Appointments to Council committees Text 804

• Museum adds two more publications to its range of information sheets Text 805

• New guides to practice research and medicines management Text 805
   
Statutory Committee Reports
• Reprimand after supplying a prescription-only medicine without proof that a prescription existed Text 804

Official notices 2001 to present
• Wales annual general meeting Text 806
• Erasure from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee Text 806

Obituaries & tributes Text 806


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text 806

• Society meetings Text

• Future events Text 787

• Conferences Text 787

• Reunions Text 787


Awards Text

Charitable requests Text

Corrections Text

Resources Text 787
    Research ethics
  
Wants Text

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