Leading
Articles PDF (20K) 282
With a bit of carrot 282
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Repeat dispensing schemes that enable patients to bypass their GP surgeries and leave pharmacists in the driving seat, only dispensing medicines that are required and directing patients back into general practice at appropriate times, are generally thought to be a good thing
Where are the hospital candidates? 282
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After the results of last year's election of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council were announced, the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists and the Society's Hospital Pharmacists Group raised their concerns that representation from hospital pharmacy had been reduced and only one pharmacist member — representing Wales — had a hospital background
News & Features 283-287
News summary 283-287
Text PDF (130K)
Products PDF (40K) 288-289
• Products Text 288-289
• Announcements Text 289
• Drug tariff updates Text 288
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 290
A 42 to 1 shot — why coronary prevention is no more than a gamble 290
Text PDF (30K)
By Chris Brewer
Letters PDF (50K) 291-293
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Standard operating procedures / Methadone mixture / Oxygen services / Assisted dying / Branded prescribing / Boots/UniChem merger
Vision for pharmacy 294-295
Vision for pharmacy
Bristol North leads repeat dispensing 294-295
Text PDF (60K)
Although there are 303 primary care trusts in England,
figures for December 2005 reveal that one in seven repeat dispensing items were
from Bristol North PCT. Lin-Nam Wang finds out how this has been achieved
Reviews PDF (90K) 296
The hands-on guide to clinical pharmacology by
Christopher Tofield, Alexander Milson and Sukhdev Chatu Text 296
Best medicine: Alzheimer's disease by George Kassanios, Susan Benbow, Ian Greaves and Steve Iliffe
Text 296
Best medicine: asthma by George Kassianos, Fan Chung, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, Mike Thomas and David Price
Text 296
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Meetings 289,
297
Reports
FIP
FIP's 66th congress: programme 289
PDF (40K)
Pharmacists' Defence Association
See a pharmacist — if there is one in 297
Text PDF (30K)
Young Pharmacists' Group
Patient choice is an opportunity — and a threat 297
Text PDF (30K)
Onlooker PDF (50K) 298
Does melatonin really help to combat sleeplessness? An editorial in the BMJ of 18 February discusses the most recent arguments over melatonin and how it might assist the sleepless Text
 Space traffic facing threat from orbiting junk According to two space scientists working in Houston, Texas, writing in Science for 20 January, the risks of encountering debris in the course of a space flight have grown enormously over recent years Text
Discouraging suicides among the mentally ill A commentary published in the British Journal of Psychiatry in February offers a rather depressing outlook on the problem of what measures are available to discourage mentally disturbed individuals from committing suicide or attempting it. Suicide prevention is regarded as a health service priority Text
Hospital Pharmacists Group insert
Hospital Pharmacists
Group
March newsletter PDF (280K)
The Society PDF (290K) 299-304
• Eight to contest Council election Text 299
• Canvassing by candidates in the Council election 2006 Text 299
• Society launches new self care strategy document Text 300
• Pharmacy careers forum to take place alongside BPC 2006 Text 300
• Involving others in what the Society does Text 301
• Tenders are sought for “simulated patient” research Text 302
• Guide to clinical pharmacokinetics published Text 302
• Former administrator of the Society's branch network reaches her 100th birthday Text 302
Official notices 2001
to present
• Veterinary Pharmacists Group Committee election 2006 Text 303
• Hospital Pharmacists Group Committee election 2006 Text 303
• Community Pharmacists Group Committee election 2006 Text 303
Obituaries & tributes Text 303
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 304
• Society meetings Text 303-304
Changing regulatory requirements in API manufacture and
control (29 March)
Symposium: How to find new medicines — advances
in drug discovery (25 May)
• Future events Text 289
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text
Awards Text
Charitable requests Text
Corrections & clarifications Text 289
Irish Republic / Yentreve
Resources Text
Wants Text
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