Leading
Article PDF (20K) 612
Not the way to run the NHS 612
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This week the national media have once again
gone to town on preliminary approval given by the National Institute
for Health and Clinical Excellence, this time for aromatase inhibitors
to be available for women with early breast cancer. In theory this decision
is open to consultation and will not be given formal approval until later
in the year
News & Features 613-618
News summary 613-617
Text PDF (120K)
Where have all the switches gone? 618
Text PDF (30K)
Amorolfine and sumatriptan's recent reclassifications
as pharmacy medicines have drawn attention to how far short the Government
is of its aim of having 10 switches a year. Tom Moberly looks at what
has happened to all the POM-to-P switches that were expected
Products PDF (40K) 619
• Products Text 619
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text
Broad Spectrum 620
Where are the women? Why we must encourage more to stand for Council 620
Text PDF (30K)
By Sandra Gidley
Letters PDF (50K) 621-625
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Non-medical prescribing / Medicines management / Roche Diagostics / Electronic prescribing / Pharmaceutical Press / Education / Council election / Onlooker
Vision for pharmacy 626
Vision for pharmacy
Collaboration is key for community pharmacists to succeed in PBC world 626
Text PDF (30K)
Pharmaceutical adviser Sue Carter is locality lead
for practice-based commissioning within her PCT. Dawn Connelly finds out what
this involves
Articles 627-630,
635-637
Guidance for pharmacists: how to detect and report counterfeit medicines 627-628
Summary PDF (40K)
This article discusses the growing problem of counterfeit
medicines and the actions being taken in Britain and internationally to stop
their distribution. It explains the steps pharmacists should take to establish
the integrity of product sources, to detect counterfeit products that have penetrated
the pharmaceutical supply chain and to report any suspected defective products
Difficulty breathing? Just get eating 629-630,
635-636
Summary PDF (80K)
Lindsey Cooper and Brian Lockwood explore the evidence
that a diet rich in certain nutrients and antioxidants can be of benefit for
patients with allergic disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease and allergic rhinitis
Mystery shopper use reviewed in IJPP 637
Text PDF (30K)
Research published in the June issue of the International
Journal of Pharmacy Practice is highlighted by Natalie Lane
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Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) 631-634
Recent articles
HAART: Highly active antiretroviral therapy
An update on HAART: part 1 631-634
Summary PDF (80K)
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the breakthrough
in HIV and AIDS treatment known as “highly active antiretroviral therapy”.
In the first of two articles, Rosy Weston, Simon Portsmouth and Andrew Benzie
give an update on antiretroviral therapy for patients with HIV
Onlooker PDF (40K) 638
Chemistry teaching crisis A news item in the 4 May issue of Nature describes the desperation of chemists who are anxiously seeking to avert the closure of many university departments in the light of government economies. Chemists around the world have condemned the proposed closures Text
 A new word for an age-old phenomenon In New Scientist for 13 May, I have come across a word I had never met before. It is “gelatology”, and we are told that it signifies the study of laughter Text
Bureaucracy gone mad Bureaucracy is a word we hear on all sides in our over-civilised times and we might do well to ponder some of its significance Text
Strength and beauty / Patriotic duty Text
The Society PDF (270K) 639-642
• First consultation to help shape future of pharmacy education Text 639
• Practice guidance published on the over-the-counter supply
of sumatriptan Text 639
• Scottish Department AGM moves to an evening slot Text 639
• Pharmacists check health of Welsh Assembly members and staff Text 640
Statutory Committee Reports
• Statutory Committee takes no action over breach of CD regulations Text 640
Treasures of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Collections
• Poison antidote case by Burroughs, Wellcome & Co Text 641
Obituaries & tributes Text 642
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 642
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text 619
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text
Awards Text
Charitable requests Text
Corrections & clarifications Text 619
Clinical governance / Snakes and ladders
Resources Text 619
Psoriasis / Diabetic foot
Wants Text 619
Hidden carers
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