The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 pp469-498 No 7371
15 October 2005

The Pharmaceutical Journal, 15 October 2005

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Leading articles
News
News features
Products

COMMENT
Broad spectrum
Letters

Articles
Onlooker

British Pharmaceutical Conference 2005

THE SOCIETY
News
Statutory Committee
Official notices
Obituaries & tributes
Branch/Society meetings

DIARY
Future events
Reunions

Awards, grants
Charitable requests
Corrections
Resources
Wants

Jobs and Classified advertising

 

 


Leading Articles PDF (60K)   470

All change for the worse 470
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At least from the beginning of this century community pharmacists have been urged to make contacts with those people in primary care organisations (PCOs) who are responsible for service development

Helping in the aftermath of the earthquake 470
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Pharmacists with relatives and friends in the areas of northern Pakistan and its neighbours devastated by the weekend's earthquake, as well as many other members of the profession, will wonder what they can do to help


News & Features   471-476

News summary  471-475
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Reconfiguration of primary care trusts: what does it all mean for pharmacy? 476
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This week, strategic health authorities had to submit proposals to the Department of Health on how primary care trusts in England should be reconfigured. How will pharmacy fit in with the new primary care structure and the move towards practice-based commissioning? Dawn Connelly investigates


Products PDF (50K)   477

• Products Text 477

• Drug tariff updates Text 477
    England and Wales

• Recalls & Drug alerts Text


Broad Spectrum   478

New Zealand raises voice regarding the end of reciprocal agreement 478
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By Bronwyn Clark, Eleanor Hawthorn, and John Shaw


Letters PDF (90K)  479-482 

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The profession / Pharmacists in the media / North East London LPC / Reciprocity / Funding / Brand swapping


Articles   483-487

Soy — relieving the symptoms of menopause and fighting osteoporosis 483-487
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Nima Kotecha and Brian Lockwood explore the growing evidence supporting the therapeutic use of soy in hormone-related conditions


British Pharmaceutical Conference 2005   488-493
BPC reports & future conferences

Conference on Camera 488
PDF (370K)


Conference medal winners reveal all 489
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A world of neglected dimensions 490
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Self care opportunities and challenges 491
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Pharmacist prescribing in practice 492
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Nearly 50 per cent of pharmacists could be making records of their CPD 493
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Onlooker PDF (90K)   494

Through caverns measureless to man Recently I referred to certain engravings discovered in a narrow cavern called Aveline's Hole, in Burrington Combe in the Mendips, and suggested that similar inscriptions were probably present in cave sites in Cheddar Gorge Text

Abuse of stimulants by college students is commonplace In the New England Journal of Medicine for 15 September, Richard Kadison, a mental health expert from Harvard University, discusses some of the problems that arise when college students try to increase their academic achievements with the assistance of stimulants or antidepressants Text

Distinguishing between the laws of life and the laws of death John Ruskin commented in 1862: “Government and co-operation are in all things the laws of life; anarchy and competition the laws of death.” Text


The Society PDF (580K)   495-498

•  £50K grants for education research Text 495

•  Online registration renewal is popular with technicians Text 495

•  Branch secretaries to discuss Section 60 Order and new Code of Ethics Text 495

Statutory Committee Reports
• Striking-off ordered for pharmacist who cheated NHS Text 496

Official notices 2001 to present
• Statutory Committee inquiries Text  497
• Statutory Committee decisions Text  497

Obituaries & tributes Text 497


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text 498

• Society meetings Text 497
    Scottish registration ceremony (November 9)

• Future events Text

• Conferences Text

• Reunions Text


Awards Text

Charitable requests Text

Corrections & clarifications Text 477
    CORRECTION Pharmacy diabetes Smartgroup
    CLARIFICATION Healthy returns

Resources Text 477
    Engaging clinicians / Young suicide prevention
 
Wants Text

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