Leading
Articles PDF (20K) 522
No deafening silence, please 522
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Legislation is now in place to enable pharmacists in England to prescribe independently, provided they are suitably trained, and comparable legislative changes will be introduced in Wales and Scotland in time. It seems unlikely that many pharmacists will actually be prescribing independently before the end of this year, since training has not yet been accredited — either for pharmacists starting from scratch or for those already designated supplementary prescribers
Technicians will soon be a new profession 522
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In the third of The Journal’s articles looking into some of the details of the draft Section 60 Order for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, we examine the statutory obligation for pharmacists to have professional indemnity arrangements in place
News & Features 523-528
News summary 523-527
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Indemnity cover to be compulsory for all pharmacists and technicians 528
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All pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will
need to have adequate and appropriate indemnity arrangements in place
if Department of Health proposals go ahead. Tom Moberly looks at the
details of this and other developments outlined in the draft Pharmacists
and Pharmacy Technicians Order
Products PDF (40K) 529
• Products Text 529
• Drug tariff updates Text 529
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 530
Responsibility sauce — what's good for the goose is good for the gander 530
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By Michael Reynolds
Letters PDF (50K) 531-533
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Agenda for Change / Independent prescribing / Emergency contraception / Statistics / Medicines use reviews / Section 60 Order / Education / The Society
Scottish contract 2006 534
Scottish
contract 2006
How to work eMAS software: a guide 534
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In a fifth article in a series about the new community
pharmacy contract in Scotland, Clare Bellingham provides a guide to the basics
of operating eMAS
Agenda for 2006 535
Agenda for 2006
Independent pharmacist prescribing as a natural extension to hospital practice 535
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The Department of Health guidance on independent nurse and pharmacist paper has been published. “Improving patients’ access to medicines: a guide to implementing nurse and pharmacist independent prescribing within the NHS in England” describes the training and practice expected of an independent prescriber. It also suggests that, in the early days as a prescriber, an individual may find supplementary prescribing a useful vehicle to gain experience with this practice. The article discusses the differences between supplementary prescribing and independent prescribing and what kind of conversion might be required
Original papers 536-538
A pilot study assessing the effectiveness of a decision aid on patient adherence with oral bisphosphonate medication 536-538
Abstract PDF (50K)
By Sue Oakley and Tom Walley
Aim — To assess the effect of a decision aid on
adherence with oral bisphosphonate medication prescribed to prevent osteoporotic
fracture
Articles 539-542
Traditional medicine
Systems of traditional medicine from South and South East Asia 539-540
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In this article, Elizabeth Williamson completes our
series on traditional medicines with a look at Siddha, Unani and Jamu
Fitness to practise
procedures examined 541-542
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In this article, Christopher Dunn looks at the implications
for pharmacists of new fitness-to-practise procedures
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Meetings 543-545
Reports
Pharmacovigilance of herbal
medicines
Problems in the pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines in the UK
highlighted 543-545
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Pharmacovigilance and regulation for herbal
medicines is just as important as that for orthodox medicines, yet it appears
not to be taken as seriously in some quarters. An international meeting
was convened in
London recently to try to remedy that. Steven Kayne reports
Onlooker PDF (40K) 546
Humphry Davy's laughing gas makes the stage again In the latter years of the 18th century Humphry Davy turned his attention to research at the Pneumatic Medical Institution in Clifton, Bristol, set up by Thomas Beddoes. One prominent activity there was the inhalation of all manner of gases with the objective of defeating respiratory sicknesses Text
 On the track of a celebrated Queen of Egypt In the 14 February issue of Science there is a comment on a remarkable recent discovery among the tombs in the celebrated Valley of the Kings near Luxor on the Egyptian Nile, renowned for the discovery of the remains of Tutankhamun in 1922. Archaeologists consider it is possible that the latest tomb unearthed there contains the remains of Queen Nefertiti, who flourished in the 14th century BC Text
How mankind is now destroying darkness A century ago, Robert Southey commented: “How beautiful is night! / A dewy freshness fills the silent air; / No mist obscures, nor loud nor speck, nor stain / Breaks the serene of heaven”. Yet there are many places on the civilised planet where it is difficult, if not impossible, to experience night darkness and enjoy the spectacle of the heavenly bodies Text
The Society PDF (250K) 547-552
• Society declares “robust” financial state, despite deficit in 2005 Text 547
• Museum contributes to exhibition exploring 18th century remedy developed in Bridport Text 547
• BPSA prepares response to consultation on draft Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order Text 547
Medicines, Ethics and Practice: a guide for pharmacists 548
May 2006 amendments Text
Statutory Committee Reports
• Admonition follows failure to deal appropriately with dispensing
error Text 548
Official notices 2001
to present
• Annual general meeting Text 549
• Erasure from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee Text 549
• Statutory Committee decisions Text 549
Obituaries & tributes Text 550
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 552
• Society meetings Text 550
Residential course: Pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic
data analysis (14-18 May)
Symposium: How to find new medicines — advances
in drug discovery (25 May)
• Future events Text 529
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text
Awards Text
Charitable requests Text
Corrections & clarifications Text 529
BPSA conference
Resources Text
Wants Text
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