Leading
Article PDF (50K) 182
Sighs of relief all round 182
Text
There should be a collective sigh of relief echoing around Britain this weekend: most Royal Pharmaceutical Society retention fees for 2006 are only modestly higher than they were for this year. The Council, when it met last week, made a number of concessions that should largely be welcomed
News & Features 183-190
News summary, including R&D 183-188
Text PDF (450K)
How community pharmacists support disease management in Scotland 189-190
Text PDF (110K)
Supplementary prescribing in Scotland got a kick-start recently when funding for community pharmacy clinics was announced. Clare Bellingham reports on how pharmacists are using the money and asks chief pharmacist Bill Scott about his long-term views on supplementary prescribing
POEMs 187
POEMs series
Morphine is not effective in premature neonates 187
Text PDF (30K)
Products PDF (50K) 191
• Products Text 191
• Drug tariff updates Text 191
NCSO (England and Wales)
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 191
Physioneal 40 Glucose 1.36 per cent w/v
Broad Spectrum 192
Is it ethical to use monitored dosage systems when efficacy is questionable? 192
Text PDF (50K)
By Bob Gartside
Letters PDF (100K) 193-197
Text
Antibiotic resistance / Registration examination /
Registration / Pharmacy practice / Hospital disinfection / Reciprocity / National
boards / Regulation of medicines / Hospital pharmacy / New oxygen contract
Onlooker PDF (80K) 198
How seabirds play a part in spreading contaminants A
short account by biologists from Canadian universities, published in the 15 July
issue of Science, reveals the role played by Arctic seabirds in the
transport of some of the contaminants produced by human industry Text
Turning up the heat A report in Nature for
28 July states that the strange scepticism that has prevailed for some time among
politicians in the US over the phenomenon of global warming shows signs of abating.
Two recent hearings in the Senate have admitted that climate change presents
an acute challenge to our planet Text
Behaviour in childhood and the effect of developments in globalisation In
the 2 July issue of the BMJ there is a proposition by a psychiatrist
from Lincolnshire that economic globalisation has resulted in an inappropriate
domination of non-Western cultures by Western notions Text
|
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 207-210
Recent articles
Peri-operative medication
Managing post-operative pain through giving patients control 207-210
PDF (130K)
In the ninth article of a series on peri-operative medication, Mohamed H. Rahman and Jane Beattie give an overview of various techniques used in managing post-operative pain, including patient-controlled analgesia and peripheral nerve blocks, and monitoring requirements
CPD Diary
CPD diary: Wholesale pharmacist influencing pharmacy 210
Text PDF (50K)
Mandeep Mudhar is a marketing director, managing a large team at AAH Pharmaceuticals. Dr Mudhar is a keen golf player and once a week, he goes to a gourmet cookery class at his local adult education college.
The Society PDF (670K) 199-206,
211-212
• August Council meeting: attendance and
guests Text 199
• Council agrees to introduce concessionary
retention fees Text 199
• Fee proposal designed to meet members’ concerns Text 200
• Society to push for original pack dispensing
as standard practice Text 200
• Increase in Council members’ attendance fee Text 200
• Council confirms that the reciprocal registration arrangements are to end Text 200
• Council agrees fundamental review of Code of Ethics Text 201
• Service specification for pharmacist prescribers added to Code of Ethics Text 201
• Major refurbishment for headquarters meeting
hall Text 202
• Fitness-to-practise findings are likely to be annotated on Register Text 202
• Bob Michell elected to work with the Officers Text 202
• Council to consider widening entry to pharmacy
education Text 202
• Guide to audit PDF (60K)203-204
Prepared in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s
Practice and Quality Improvement Directorate, this guidance document has been
produced to help pharmacists to
implement the clinical audit requirements of the new contract for NHS pharmaceutical
services in England and Wales
Statutory Committee Reports
• Repeat prescription service “shambles” leads to reprimand Text 205
• Pharmacist reprimanded for drink-driving and possession of drugs Text 205
• Pharmacist reprimanded over unsafe and untidy MDS room Text 206
• Statutory Committee takes no action after unlawful sale of prescription-only medicines Text 206
Official notices 2001
to present
• Alterations to the Byelaws: Annual Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists
and fees payable to the Society Text 211
Obituaries & tributes Text 212
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text
• Society meetings Text 212
Managing pharmaceutical quality (21-22 November)
Pharmacy leadership (11 September)
• Future events Text
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text
Awards Text 191
Patient safety award
Charitable requests Text
Corrections Text 191
Stanley Blum’s letter / Howard McNulty’s letter
Resources Text 191
Neurological problems
Wants Text
|
The Pharmaceutical Journal
