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Making medication safer 128
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Last year the number of people killed on roads in Britain dropped by 8 per cent to 3,221 while casualties fell 3 per cent to 280,840
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News summary 129-134
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Help patients take medicines safely 135-136
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Last week the National Patient Safety Agency published the first analysis of patient safety data in England and Wales. Tom Moberly looks at the report’s findings on incidents involving medicines and the role pharmacists are playing in helping to reduce them
POEMs 134
POEMs series
Little evidence either way for diet, sun and cleansing for acne 134
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Products PDF (70K) 137
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Letters PDF (80K) 138-139
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Mental health / Emergency supplies / CPD / Hospital pharmacy / Hospital sterilisation / Reciprocity
Vision for pharmacy 140
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Minor ailments scheme run across PCT boundaries proves a success 140
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A pharmacy-based minor ailments scheme running in three Northampton primary care trusts, in collaboration with Lloydspharmacy, has shown what can be achieved when services are arranged across PCT boundaries. Tom Moberly reports
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How to prepare for the unexpected 141-142
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In the light of the recent bomb attacks on the London transport system, Mark Borthwick, Neil McGuire and David Scott outline how hospital pharmacy departments can use a military-style “table-top” exercise to prepare for emergencies and major incidents
Reviews PDF (80K) 143
Formulary of wound management products: a guide for healthcare staff by David A. Morgan Text 143
Sociology and pharmacy practice by Paul Bissell and Janine Morgall Traulsen Text 143
Best medicine: weight management edited by George Kassianos Text 143
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Managing the ill effects of illegal “club drugs” There is an 18th century proverb to the effect that drunken folk rarely take harm. One gathers the impression that perhaps many individuals who throw their consciousness into disarray by taking a variety of different psychoactive compounds in their leisure time unconsciously share this dangerously mistaken notion Text
Taking a look at nature from different angles An editorial in the 8 July issue of Science describes the confusion that has arisen recently over the concept known as “intelligent design” (ID), which has come to complicate the old issue of evolutionary theory in some scientific circles
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How playing with video games may present a hazard to your health An intriguing editorial by Mark Griffiths, of the department of social sciences at Nottingham Trent University, in the 16 July issue of the BMJ, discusses whether playing video games presents a hazard to your health, and whether, on the contrary, it may be therapeutic
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Continuing Professional Development
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Peri-operative medication
Managing post-operative pain 145-148
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In the eighth article of a series on peri-operative care, Mohamed H. Rahman and Jane Beattie focus on the physiology of pain and briefly describe the non-opioid and opioid analgesics used for post-operative pain relief
The Society PDF (740K) 149-152
• Database of members’ e-mail addresses will help branches Text 149
• Society representatives attend Buckingham Palace garden party Text 149
Statutory Committee Reports
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Bioequivalence conference (24-26 October)
Pharmacy leadership (11 September)
Tumour-selective medicines (12 October)
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