Leading
Articles PDF (45K) 70
Variety of views on fees 70
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Earlier this week the working group established by the Council in June to review the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s fee structure met to discuss the options. The debate was partly informed by members of the Society who have written to The Journal putting forward suggestions, a selection of which we reproduce this week
Scotland is leading the way again 70
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Once again, community pharmacy in Scotland is leading the way. Supplementary prescribing pharmacists can apply for ring-fenced money in order to establish clinics — either at their own premises or at local GP surgeries — to contribute to the well-being of patients with long-term conditions
News & Features 71-76
News summary 71-75
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Emergency supplies to tourists on the up as GPs opt out of weekend working 76
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Pharmacists in tourist areas are seeing an increase in requests for emergency supplies of prescription medicines. Debbie Andalo finds out why
Products PDF (70K) 77
• Products Text 77
• Drug tariff updates Text 77
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 78
The pharmaceutical gaze — the defining feature of pharmacy? 78
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By Nick Barber
Letters PDF (130K) 79-84
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Adverse events / Supermarket pharmacy / Research / Regulation of medicines / OTC statins / Pricing / Pharmacy practice / CPD / Reciprocity / Registration examination / Veterinary pharmacy / The Society / Birdsgrove House
Agenda for 2005 85-86
Agenda for 2005
Changing the Register — readers’ views 85-86
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Olivia Timbs analyses the responses to The Journal’s request for suggestions on restructuring the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Register and we publish a selection of the points made
Original papers 87-91
Over-the-counter laxatives and eating disorders — a survey
of pharmacists’ and other retailers’ views and practice 87-91
PDF (100K)
By Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Hannah Turner and Philippa East
Aim — To determine the accessibility of over-the-counter
(OTC) laxatives in a defined geographical area in the UK and to investigate pharmacists’ and
other retailers’ awareness of and response to misuse of laxatives in the
context of eating disorder
Onlooker PDF (110K) 92
Living under threat is unavoidable Stress
is a term that we normally use to describe a situation in which an individual
experiences anxiety as a result of facing a threat or demand exceeding his or
her immediate ability to cope. Last week’s terrorist bombings in Central
London were an extreme reminder that in our daily lives we all face a variety
of situations that can precipitate stress Text
Picking up the rhythm — analysing our physical response to music An
interesting observation by psychologists in Hamilton, Ontario, appears in Science for
3 June. It stems from the fact that, throughout human history, in all cultures,
people have made a habit of moving their bodies in accordance with the rhythm
innate in music Text
Fatigue — from mere weariness to pathological exhaustion In
her ballad “A lost chord” (1858), Adelaide Ann Procter observed: “Seated
one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease”, lines that popularised
a Victorian song which in my youth was much heard in family
gatherings Text
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The Society PDF (690K) 93-94,
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• Society issues interim practice guidance on hazardous waste Text 93
• Society consults on new limit for Council attendance fee Text 93
• Society’s HQ stayed open despite London bomb attacks Text 93
• Society welcomes research findings on EHC availability Text 93
• Welsh Executive elects new officers Text 94
• Welsh Executive annual general meeting focuses on pharmacy developments in Wales Text 94
• Practice Committee to urge OP dispensing to end pharmacists’ problems with PIL supply Text 94
Statutory Committee Reports
• Dispensing error pharmacist is reprimanded after agreeing to retire Text 99
• Poor practice leads to reprimands for pharmacy owner and his locum Text 99
Official notices 2001
to present
• Statutory Committee inquiries Text 100
• Alterations to the Byelaws: Council attendance fees Text 100
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 95-98
Recent articles
How new and wider roles for optometrists affect pharmacy 95-98
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Using a question-and-answer format, Lucy Titcomb and John Lawrenson explain the changes to the use and supply of medicines by optometrists that have been passed and how these changes will affect pharmacy
CPD Diary
CPD diary: Industrial pharmacist increasing efficiency 98
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Janet Halliday is director of research and development at Controlled Therapeutics (Scotland) Ltd, East Kilbride, where she has worked for 17 years. Her group is responsible for taking ideas from their first concept to the end of Phase II clinical trials. Dr Halliday is a keen bridge player.
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• Branch meetings Text 100
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 77
• Conferences Text 77
• Reunions Text
Awards Text
Charitable requests Text
Corrections Text 77
Lithium clinic / Radioactivity dose
Resources Text
Wants Text
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