The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 pp731-762 No 7381
24/31 December 2005

The Pharmaceutical Journal, 24/31 December 2005

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Leading articles
News
News feature
Products

COMMENT
Broad spectrum
Letters

Articles
Onlooker


Christmas page including closures
Christmas Miscellany

THE SOCIETY
News
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 (20K)   764

Take heart and hang in there! 764
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As 2005 draws to a close, there cannot be a pharmacist in Britain who has not been subject to some change in the past 12 months

Better communications strategy needed 764
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A survey carried out by Which? and published this week draws attention to the fact that patients and customers are confused when medicines are reclassified from prescription-only status to pharmacy status and are not sure whether their safety is a prime consideration

Season's greetings! 764
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As is customary in the final issue of the year, we carry our usual selection of Christmas miscellany items, which we hope readers will enjoy


News & Features   765-770

News summary  765-768
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2005: a year of change for pharmacists 769
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With the announcement of independent prescribing by pharmacists and the introduction of a new community pharmacy contract in England and Wales, it has been a year of change for pharmacists. Tom Moberly looks back on 2005

New strains of E coli cause concern 770
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New strains of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Escherichia coli are considered to be a serious threat to public health. Mary Bishop investigates


Products PDF (40K)   771

• Products Text 771

• Drug tariff updates Text

• Recalls & Drug alerts Text


Broad Spectrum   772

Management style? You must be joking! 772
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By Alan Wiseman


Letters PDF (40K)  773-774 

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Medicines use reviews / COX-2s / Registration / Other professions / Prescription charges / CPD / Fitness to practise


Articles   775

Will homoeopathy be proved or pass into history as “a brief hiccough”? 775
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Research published in the December issue of Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies is highlighted by Natalie Lane

Onlooker PDF (60K)   776

Why it does children good to go to school on foot There has recently been a great deal of interest in the problems of weight gain and general ill health in youngsters that may be associated with the current habit of taking them to school and home again by car Text

These violent delights have violent ends A study of violence against women by experts from the World Health Organization and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine appears in the 25 November issue of Science Text

The remarkable phenomenon of symbiosis and its vital role for many living organisms In the 3 November issue of Nature there is an interesting discussion regarding the essential symbiosis between many algae and bacteria Text

Thought for food / New year resolution Text


The Society PDF (250K)   777-780

•  Practice Committee invites input to agenda from Society's members Text 777

•  Society loses animal medicines inspectorate to Veterinary Medicines Directorate Text 777

•  My branch, your branch: some thoughts for 2006 Text 778

•  New editions of books on drug interactions and adverse drug reactions Text 778

Official notices 2001 to present
• Statutory Committee decisions Text  779
• Erasure from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee Text  779

Obituaries & tributes Text 779-780


Christmas Miscellany Text   781-812

and 2 competitions:
   Christmas crossword puzzle PDF (50K) 798
   Enter The Journal’s caption competition PDF (80K) 805


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text

• Society meetings Text 779
    Evening meeting: Politics and pharmacy (16 January)
    Symposium: Small-scale manufacturing (7 February)

• Future events Text 771

• Conferences Text 771

• Reunions Text


Awards Text 771
    Schering Award

Charitable requests Text

Corrections & clarifications Text 771
    Denise Szpunar / Specials
 
Resources Text 771
   Oxygen

Wants Text

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