Leading
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Care homes failing patients 190
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It is, of course, a scandal that residents
in care homes, who are among the most vulnerable people in society, often
receive poor care. Last week, the Commission for Social Care Inspection
published a damning report into medicines management in care homes. It
found that nearly half of all care and nursing homes in England are failing
to meet minimum national standards
News & Features 191-199
News summary, including R&D 191-197
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Medicines management in English care homes — a grim
and chaotic picture 198-199
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A report published by the Commission for
Social Care Inspection reveals that there is a problem in getting care
homes to face up to their responsibilities with regards to medicines
management for their residents. Debbie Andalo looks at how pharmacists
can help
Products PDF (70K) 200-201
• Products Text 200-201
• Drug tariff updates Text 201
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 201
Clexane injection
Broad Spectrum 202
It is time to consider your ethical stance on physician-assisted suicide 202
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By Tim Hanlon
Letters PDF (70K) 203-205
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SPCs / Prescription pricing / Oxygen supplies / The Journal / Statins
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Pharmacists can help improve older people's medicines management 206-207
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In this article, Lelly Oboh aims to provoke thoughts
and stimulate discussion about how to co-ordinate existing and new medicines
management services and initiatives to improve the quality of pharmaceutical
care provided to older people
Advancing education and research through Maplethorpe fellowships 208,
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Maplethorpe fellowships have, since 1987, provided
postdoctoral researchers with an opportunity to undertake pharmacy-related research
at King's College or the School of Pharmacy, University of London. Peter Taylor
and Marc Brown look at the continuing success of the scheme
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Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 209-212
Recent articles
Vaccines: an overview and update 209-212
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According to the World Health Organization, the two
public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s
health are the supply of clean water and vaccines. More recently, interest has
surrounded the development of a vaccine for avian influenza. In this article,
Yvonne Perrie outlines current vaccination schedules and advice
Onlooker PDF (70K) 214
 Relying on magnets may be moonshine Some individuals have a remarkable faith in the therapeutic power of magnetic devices worn on the body or distributed in the home. But serious doubt has been cast on this faith by Bruce Flamm, a gynaecologist from Philadelphia Text
A question of taste “In matters of food and drink”, remarked Stephen Potter in 1952, “a good general rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa.” Text
The gentle art of doctoring a dictator … and prescribing for a president In The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh recently, Dr D. Doyle described the medical care of Adolf Hitler / In a book published in 2004, entitled ‘Grace and power: the private world of the Kennedy White House’, Sally Bedell Smith outlined the problems attending the sickness of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who was only 46 when he was assassinated
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The Society PDF (170K) 215-218
• Practice Committee calls for brand name prescribing for SR opioids Text 215
• BPC £5 deal now open to third-year students Text 215
• Details announced for inspector's preregistration talks
in north-east Text 215
• Statutory Committee publishes ethnicity data for its 2005
inquiries Text 216
Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001
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• Making adequate provision for pharmacists to have appropriate rest
breaks Text 216
Official notices 2001
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• Statutory Committee inquiries Text 217
• Hospital Pharmacists Group Committee election 2006 Text 217
• Community Pharmacists Group Committee election 2006 Text 217
• Council election 2006 Text 217
Obituaries & tributes Text 218
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Awards Text
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Corrections & clarifications Text 201
NRLS reports
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Community resources / Tariff handbook
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