The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 pp429-464 No 7396
15 April 2006

The Pharmaceutical Journal, 15 April 2006

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Leading articles
News
Products

COMMENT
Broad spectrum
Letters

Scottish contract 2006
Original papers
Reviews
Onlooker


CPD
Workplace cultures and pharmacy

THE SOCIETY
April Council meeting
News
Motions for BRM
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)   430

Good sense has prevailed 430
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Pharmacists, it is widely acknowledged, are the health care professionals whom members of the public consult most frequently and they are held in high regard by many sectors of society

Concordance in the real world 430
Text  
Most parents faced with a child with a fever would want to make things better and do as little harm as possible. At first glance it might seem to be a simple issue: if it is a mild fever do as little as possible; if the child's temperature is high give appropriate medicines


News & Features   431-436

News summary, including R&D  431-436
Text   PDF (160K)


Products PDF (40K)   437

• Products Text 437
• Announcements Text 437

• Drug tariff updates Text

• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 437
    DRUG ALERT: Pentostam injection


Broad Spectrum   438

Do refugee and overseas pharmacists get a raw deal from Great Britain? 438
Text   PDF (30K)
By Chijioke Agomo


Letters PDF (50K)  439-442 

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PSNC / Antibiotics / Packaging / Medicines use reviews / Smoking cessation / Statistics / Statins / Drug misuse / Agenda for Change / Palliative care / The Society


Scottish contract 2006   443
Scottish contract 2006

Tackling the health of Scotland's people 443
Text   PDF (40K)
In this, the fourth article in our series about the new community pharmacy contract in Scotland, Clare Bellingham outlines the public health service


Original papers   444-446

What are UK schools of pharmacy providing for undergraduates with disabilities? 444-446
Text   PDF (40K)
By Joan E. Hartley
Aim — To collect national data on disabled pharmacy students and on formal procedures and reasonable adjustments made for these students, in order to to raise the profile of disability within the pharmacy profession


Reviews PDF (30K)   451

The NHS IT project by Sean Brennan Text 451

Symptoms in the pharmacy: a guide to the management of common illness by Alison Blenkinsopp, Paul Paxton and John Blenkinsopp Text 451

The syringe driver: continuous subcutaneous infusions in palliative care by Andrew Dickman, Jennifer Schneider and James Varga Text 451

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   447-450
Recent articles

Workplace
Workplace cultures and pharmacy   447-450
PDF (80K)
The culture of an organisation can influence its successes or failures. In this article, Ruth McGuire looks at workplace cultures and how they can be changed


Onlooker PDF (40K)   452

European yewPioneer of natural products chemistry Little seems to have been reported until recently regarding a French pharmacist who made many investigations into derivatives from natural products during the second half of the 20th century Text

How multinational tobacco companies maintain a disturbing influence “A sovereign remedy to all diseases” — such was the praise afforded by Robert Burton to tobacco in his 17th century “Anatomy of melancholy” (1621) Text

Enthusiasm for giant dams — is it shortsighted and hazardous? A special report in Nature for 23 March draws attention to the current craze for building massive dams across rivers in Africa, and outlines some of the possible undesirable results Text


The Society PDF (290K)   453-464

Council meeting reports
•  April Council meeting: attendance and guests Text 453

    • 584 pharmacists struck off for non-payment of retention fee Text 453
    • Council considers broader remit for BRM Text 453
    • Society's CPD website to be made easier to use Text 454
    • Council approves initial consultation on principles of pharmacy education Text 454


•  Reminder about end of reciprocal registration Text 454

•  First class post used for new ballot papers Text 454

•  Motions for branch representatives' meeting The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's 2006 branch representatives' meeting takes place at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, on Thursday 25 May PDF (70K) 455-460

Official notices 2001 to present
• Council voting papers Text  461
• Erasures from Registers for non-payment of fees Text  461-463

Obituaries & tributes Text 464


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text 464

• Society meetings Text

• Future events Text 437

• Conferences Text

• Reunions Text


Awards Text 437
    Moss trust awards
    Health innovation in Wales
    Safety and patient care improvements
 
Charitable requests Text

Corrections & clarifications Text

Resources Text 437
    Gastroenterology and liver diseases library
    Diabetes leads
    Diabetes practice tool
    fpa sexual health leaftlet
 
Wants Text

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