Leading
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Tact and discretion 336
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This week could almost be dubbed Controlled Drugs Week. In addition to the pull-out guidance, ‘Changes in the management of CDs affecting pharmacists’, produced by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's practice division for pharmacists in England, there is separate guidance about commissioning pharmaceutical services for drug misusers — also in England. And there is a further letter mildly berating the Council for its current advice on the extemporaneous preparation of methadone
News & Features 337-342
News summary 337-341
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Will drug trials ever be the same again? 342
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Six young men were admitted to intensive care
last week during a trial of a new monoclonal antibody, and two were still
in a critical condition as The Journal went to press, Tom Moberly looks
at the impact the events at Northwick Park Hospital, north London, may have on future drug trials
Products PDF (30K) 343
• Products Text 343
• Announcements Text 343
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 343
Browne water for injections
Martindale chloramphenicol eye
ointment
Myoview vials 10ml
Letters PDF (50K) 344-347
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Electronic prescription service / Public health / Supervision / Assisted dying / Paracetamol / Fixed dose combination medicinal products / Branded prescribing / Methadone mixture / Incontinence products / Continuing professional development / The Society
Original papers 348-352
Attitudes of successful candidates of supplementary prescribing courses
to their training and their extended roles 348-352
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By Sarah Warchal, David Brown, Mark Tomlin and Jane Portlock
Aim — To ascertain whether successfully completing
a supplementary prescribing (SP) course can empower pharmacists in terms of their
extended roles
Articles 353-354,
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The Gold Standards Framework for palliative care in the community 353-354
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It is important for pharmacists to consider their
involvement in the provision of terminal care because the ready availability
of medicines to treat terminal symptoms in the community will improve quality
of life. In this article, Clare Amass describes the Gold Standards Framework,
a model of best practice in palliative care that has been adopted by almost a
third of GP practices in the UK
New editorial board for The Journal 359-360
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An editorial advisory board may be crucial to maintenance of the editorial independence of The Pharmaceutical Journal. Olivia Timbs, editor of The
Journal and editorial director of PJ Publications, explains why
Traditional medicine
Traditional
Chinese herbal medicine 361-363
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Traditional Chinese medicine is one of the most popular
complementary health care choices in the UK. In a third article in a series on
traditional systems of medicine, Lida Teng, Debbie Shaw and Joanne Barnes give
an overview of the theories involved and discuss safety issues
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Onlooker PDF (60K) 364
Behaviour change can reduce drug use An interesting editorial in the 25 February issue of the BMJ deals with the concept of behavioural medicine Text
 New appreciation for the role of winged seeds in woodland dispersal Human activities over the centuries have divided our native British woodland into isolated fragments. Tree populations have become highly susceptible to the deleterious effects of reduced gene flow Text
How meloxicam offers hope for saving Indian vultures from extinction As I reported some 18 months ago, observers of Asian wildlife have been alarmed to note that in the past decade tens of millions of vultures have disappeared from the Indian subcontinent. The white-backed, long-billed and slender-billed vulture populations have fallen by more than 95 per cent Text
Community Pharmacists Group insert
Community Pharmacists Group
March newsletter PDF (280K)
The Society PDF (220K) 355-358,
365-368
• Changes in the management of CDs affecting pharmacists in England New guidance set out on this and the following three pages is based on a document produced by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Practice and Quality Improvement Directorate to help pharmacists in England cope with new arrangements for the management of Controlled Drugs
PDF (60K) 355-358
• Society publishes guidance on changes in management of CDs Text 365
• BPSA seeks to update its constitution Text 365
• Society welcomes support from MPs for independent prescribing by pharmacists Text 365
Statutory Committee Reports
• Pharmacist escapes striking-off by agreeing to retire Text 366
• Admonition for making unauthorised supply to methadone addict Text 366-367
• Restoration application “premature” for man who stole from pharmacy employers Text 367
Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001
to present
• Telephoned requests for emergency prescription supplies Text 367
• Provision of home delivery services for prescription medicines Text 367
Official notices 2001
to present
• BPSA constitution Text 368
• Erasure from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee Text 368
Obituaries & tributes Text 368
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 368
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 343
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text
Awards Text
Charitable requests Text
Corrections & clarifications Text 343
New LPC / Jen Smyth's letter
Resources Text
Wants Text
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