Leading
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Keep the members engaged 34
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With just over a week to go before the close of the consultation on the establishment of national boards for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, there has been relatively little response to the proposals in the columns of The Journal — although we do carry one letter this week
Last chance to send in retention fee ideas 34
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News & Features 35-42
News summary, including R&D 35-42
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POEMs 40
POEMs series
PPIs reduce further bleeding and need for surgery in bleeding peptic ulcer disease 40
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Products PDF (130K) 43
• Products Text 43
• Announcements Text 43
Academicians elected to the International Academy for the History of Pharmacy
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• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 44
What we need to rule health care waves 44
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By Howard McNulty
Letters PDF (80K) 45-47
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Drug administration / National boards / Controlled drugs / The Society / Supermarket pharmacy / Birdsgrove House / New pharmacy contract / Prescribing / Education
Original papers 48-52
Development of an evidence-led competency framework for primary care and community pharmacists 48-52
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By Elizabeth Mills, Denise Farmer, Ian Bates, Graham Davies, David Webb and Duncan
McRobbie
Aim — To adapt and validate the general level
competency framework to be relevant for primary care and community pharmacists.
To compare the framework with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s “Competencies
of the future pharmacy workforce” document
Articles 53-60
Botanical paintings: beautiful objects 53
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The “Apothecaries’ artists” exhibition opens at the Chelsea Physic Garden on 13 July. Lin-Nam Wang reports
New drug technologies
Microdoses open new horizons for trials 54
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In the 10th article in our series looking at developments in drug technologies, Jenny Bryan looks at a new clinical trial technique with huge potential
Complementary
medicine
Why alternative medicines are used 55
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In the 12th article in a series on complementary medicine, Edzard Ernst looks at the reasons that lead consumers to try alternative medicines
What the national IT programme means for pharmacy and pharmacists 56-60
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What roles are pharmacists expected to play in “Connecting
for Health”? How might their jobs change and what are the implications
of the focus on electronic prescriptions? Reshma Gandecha, Ela Klecun, Ann Jacklin
and Simon Williams attempt to answer these and other questions
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Meetings 61
Reports
International Academy for the History of Pharmacy 61
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 British
Pharmaceutical Conference 2005 62-63
BPC
BPC 2005 - Manchester (preview) 62-63
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Onlooker PDF (140K) 64
The isle is full of noises As a common hazard of everyday existence in an advanced civilisation, noise is prominent, and by all the evidence is increasing year by year Text
Two near-fatalities illustrate the hazard of using “club drugs” So-called “club drugs” are fast gaining an evil reputation for the hazards they bring with them. The term is applied to illicit compounds that are abused as “recreational” drugs — an ill-advised description for substances that are taken only as stimulants or to relieve boredom and not for any therapeutic reason Text
Did leprosy follow our ancestors’ movements? It is pointed out in the 13 May issue of Science that leprosy was a human scourge long before the Black Death or AIDS was heard of. Although present for millennia, it remains an enigma Text
A physician's opinion / Designed to destroy Text
The Society PDF (660K) 65-68
• Still time to influence fees review Text 65
• Society hosts support meeting for primary care trust pharmacists Text 65
• New look for British Pharmaceutical Conference dinner in
2005 Text 65
Statutory Committee Reports
• Pharmacist struck off for driving after taking drugs Text 66
• Pharmacist reprimanded for errors on a day of “multiple failings” Text 66
• Striking-off after ignoring warnings and advice Text 67
Official notices 2001
to present
• Statutory Committee decisions Text 68
Obituaries & tributes Text 68
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 68
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 43
• Conferences Text 43
• Reunions Text 43
1978-81: University of Wales Institute of Science and
Technology
Awards Text 43
Paediatric and neonatal pharmacy
Charitable requests Text
Corrections Text 43
CLARIFICATION: Rajiv Sarna
CORRECTION: New member fee
Resources Text
Wants Text
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