Leading
Articles PDF (50K) 652
Primary care in turmoil 652
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Pharmacists are not alone, it seems, in struggling to come to terms with new working practices and health service reorganisation. The House of Commons Health Select Committee was recently warned that uncertainty over reorganisation is destabilising primary care and that the anxiety is affecting nurses as well as medical staff
A warning from ‘The constant gardener’ 652
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This week's News feature (p658) looks at the expansion of drug research and development in India
News & Features 653-658
News summary 653-657
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Look east, for the future development of new drugs and speedy clinical trials 658
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As the number of major pharmaceutical companies
and contract research organisations electing to conduct clinical trials
in India and the Far East increases, business analysts are predicting
a bright future for Asian research. Jenny Bryan investigates
Products PDF (50K) 659
• Products Text 659
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 659
Daktarin oral gel
Optison suspension for injection
Letters PDF (80K) 660-662
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Skin cancer / Independent prescribing / The profession
/ Supervision / Safety of medicines / Drug interactions / Pricing / Titles
Articles 663-666
Legal digests
Different terms for part-time workers is not necessarily discrimination 663-664
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This second article in a series of digest by Thomas
H. John, pharmacist and barrister, of cases heard recently in the appeal courts
of England and Wales is in two parts. The first part considered aspects of anti-discrimination
law in relation to fixed-term employees. This second part focuses on similar
issues as regards the rights and obligations of part-time workers
Pharmacist-led development of a
review and recall process for patients with cardiovascular disease 665-666
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Sandra Prater describes a process set up to facilitate
delivery of quality, evidence-based treatment and ensure ongoing patient care,
monitoring and follow-up of patients with manifestations of cardiovascular disease,
including hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes
Meetings 667-669
Reports
Bologna agreement
Bologna agreement 667-668
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UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group
United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group 669
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Onlooker PDF (120K) 670
Pressure on the prescriber An investigation by Nature, described in the 20 October issue, has indicated that more than one third of authors of papers describing drug use have been subject to unwarranted influence from those with a financial interest in the treatment Text
“The cups that cheer but not inebriate” When the East India Company was established in 1600 its mainstay was the import of tea from China. This commodity was sold a little later in a London coffee house, where it entered into competition with coffee as a beverage Text
Antidepressants need supportive support A note in the BMJ for 1 October reports the recommendations of a group of psychiatric experts for the clinical guidance of NHS health care workers Text
La Corona: lost city of Guatemala unearthed In the issue of Nature for 6 October details of a long-lost Maya city in Guatemala have been revealed Text
Community Pharmacists Group insert
Community Pharmacists Group
November newsletter PDF (880K)
The Society PDF (640K) 671-674
• Society tests evening and weekend opening for CPD Online helpdesk Text 671
• Society publication is highly commended in book awards Text 671
• Science chairman announced for BPC 2007 Text 671
• Careers website “a hit” Text 671
Statutory Committee Reports
• Striking-off ordered for false NHS payment claims Text 672
• Statutory Committee confirms pharmacy company's reprimand Text 672
• Striking-off for false claims and prescription errors Text 673
• Succession of dispensing errors leads to reprimand for pharmacist Text 673
Obituaries & tributes Text 674
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 674
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text
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• Reunions Text
Awards Text
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