Leading
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Medicines on the move 220
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When patients move from hospital to a care home or are admitted to a hospice it seems common sense that the medicines they are taking should go with them, and that health care professionals in the various settings should be told what these medicines are. All too often this does not happen. It is not only a cause of frustration when members of staff encounter new patients and are unsure what medicines they should be taking, it is also inherently risky for patients
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Broad Spectrum 228
A busy final year — why preregistration trainees deserve an extra Hobnob 228
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By Christopher Chapman
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Oxygen supplies / Community pharmacy / Vitamin D / Care homes / Boots/UniChem merger / Locum pharmacy / Assisted dying / Methadone / Statins / CPD / Criminal convictions / Overseas pharmacists / National boards
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Making the most of a moving experience
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Detailed guidance for those involved in moving patients
between different health care settings has been launched by a group of pharmacy
organisations with the aim of reducing medicine-related risks on admission, transfer
or discharge. Andrew Haynes investigates
Streptomycin — arrogance and anger 237-238
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Steve Ainsworth tells the story of the discovery of
streptomycin and the controversy that followed as a result of credit and royalty
disagreements
African medicine: tradition and beliefs 239-240
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Reports of killings to obtain body parts for “muti” (the Zulu word for medicine) brought African beliefs into the spotlight, including practices to do with healing. Indeed, many African healers use herbs that have been used to obtain drugs for Western medicine. In this article, the second in a series on traditional systems of medicine, David Okpako gives his interpretation of traditional African medicine
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Can clinical decision support systems improve the provision of health care? 241
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Environment and the healthy child An editorial in the 4 February issue of The Lancet draws sorely needed attention to the difficulty of achieving a healthy environment in which a growing child will thrive Text
 Unholy
heritage of the Goths and Vandals A
Germanic people, described by Pliny and Tacitus as the Vandili, comprised
a group of folk which included the Goths, the Vandals and the Burundians,
having their origin in the area now known as Poland Text
A matter of spleen and black bile In
the 5 January edition of Nature there is an interesting review
b Laura Spinney of an exhibition in national galleries in Paris and Berlin Text
The Society PDF (300K) 243-250
• February Council meeting: attendance and guests Text 243
• Council finalises the composition of the
national pharmacy boards Text 243
• Martin Astbury elected to work with Officers
group Text 244
• Self-nomination is dropped from the election
of the Society's Officers Text 244
• Council agrees amendments to the Society's
governance procedures Text 244
• Exception to Code for extemporaneous methadone Text 245
• Overseas institutions to be allowed to teach
part of MPharm course Text 246
• Council to consult on a strategy for patient
and public involvement in the Society's affairs Text 246
Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001
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• Extemporaneous preparation of methadone mixture Text 245
• New BPC award introduced to recognise analytical scientists Text 246
Statutory Committee Reports
• Pharmacist escapes a striking-off by undertaking not to work alone Text 247
• Striking-off ordered for false script endorsements Text 248
• Veterinary group holds committee election Text 248
• Museum helps television series on heroin Text 248
Official notices 2001
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• Veterinary Pharmacists Group Committee election 2006 Text 249
• Council election 2006 Text 249
• Community Pharmacists Group Committee election 2006 Text 249
• Hospital Pharmacists Group Committee election 2006 Text 249
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Diary Text
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• Society meetings Text 249
Symposium: Pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines (April
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Merck Sharp & Dohme 2006 research and travel grant schemes
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Social pharmacy
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