Leading
Articles PDF (50K) 214
Cinderella service no more 214
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Until relatively recently, prison medical services did not have a good reputation. Prisoners could not expect the same standard of care they would have if they were not serving their sentences and they suffered greater morbidity and mortality than the rest of the population
Why Birdsgrove House must close 214
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News that Birdsgrove House is to close and that the Benevolent Fund will commission convalescent services and addiction treatment services from other providers will probably not come as a surprise to many members
News & Features 215-222
News summary 215-219
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Why Birdsgrove House has to close 220
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The trustees of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Benevolent Fund have reluctantly decided that Birdsgrove House must close after nearly 60 years as the Society’s convalescent home. Andrew Haynes looks at the history of the convalescence service and the background to the closure decision
Helping prisons give most patients responsibility for their own medicines 221-222
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Most prisons in England and Wales have a policy whereby patients are responsible for their own medicines, but there has been no standardised framework until now. Hannah Pike examines how new guidelines will help prisons develop good practice
Products PDF (90K) 223
• Products Text 223
Control to Goal Text 223
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Letters PDF (100K) 224-227
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MDSs / Regulation / Pharmacy practice / Hospital disinfection / Controlled drugs / Pharmacogenomics / Registration examination / Retention fees
Original papers 228-233
Improving the safety of epidural analgesia 228-231
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By Ijeoma Orunta, Chris Cairns, and Russell Greene
Aim — To assess whether the safety of epidural
analgesia had been increased two years after the introduction of measures to
reduce the risks associated with the technique
Exploring the views of prisoners attending a pharmacist-run dermatology clinic 232-233
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By Roderick P. Tucker
Aim — To evaluate the results of a survey of male
prisoners attending a pharmacist-led dermatology clinic
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Articles 234-235
How prison pharmacy is changing 234-235
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Cast aside initial judgements! Prison pharmacy provides
a great opportunity for pharmacists and technicians to expand their role, learn
and make a difference. Stella Simpson and Avni Shah explain the role of pharmacy
services at HMP Holloway
Onlooker PDF (100K) 236
Send in the clowns Any reference
to clowns carries an undercurrent of contempt Text
Early arrivals in the New World detected There
is an account in New Scientist for 9 July of a rather momentous
discovery that has caused geoarchaeologists to reconsider the time when
humans first made their appearance in Mexico Text
Following the guidelines is not so simple A
review article from two clinical pharmacologists from California, in the New
England Journal of Medicine for 4 August, considers some of the problems
that arise between patients and doctors when a course of drug treatment
is agreed Text
Laugh and fall flat An interesting
case report appears in The Lancet for 30 July. A man aged 63 was
investigated when he related a 20-year history of syncope following a burst
of intense laughter Text
The Society PDF (730K) 237-240
• Birdsgrove House closes to avoid further waste of charitable funds Text 237
• Society’s materia medica collection now featured on Kew website Text 238
• Third census to provide updated snapshot of pharmacy workforce Text 239
• Welsh Executive health checks at county show Text 239
• Long-serving Parliamentary adviser to the Society dies Text 239
Obituaries & tributes Text 240
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text
• Society meetings Text 240
Bioequivalence (24-26 October)
Tableting technology (28-30 November)
• Future events Text 223
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text
Awards Text
Charitable requests Text
Corrections Text
Resources Text 223
Influenza campaign
Wants Text
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