The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 pp63-88 No 7409
15 July 2006

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Leading Articles   64

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Leadership and influence 64
Leadership and influence are loose themes for this week’s issue. An evaluation of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s leadership pilot programme — which was launched in England last year — shows that the programme seems to have been successful. Just under 80 per cent of those questioned said that the programme had had a major impact on helping them develop and contribute to solving a local problem
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Let's hear it for the pharmacist! 64
Everyone thrives on praise — and it sometimes comes from the unlikeliest of sources, but it is no less welcome for that
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News & Features   65-72

News summary, including R&D  65-70
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Lead stories
-APPG inquiry appeals to pharmacists for evidence
-Concern mounts over job security in PCTs
-Unscheduled care payments announced in Scotland
-NPA concerned about 100-hour exemption abuse
-MPs say NPSA has not improved safety enough
-Latest medicines assessed by SMC all accepted
-More quit smoking with new drug than bupropion
-Abatacept continues to show benefits for rheumatoid arthritis


Using pharmacy services innovatively to deliver medicines out of hours 71-72
Out-of-hours service providers are struggling to implement national guidance. Yet, they are underestimating the important role that pharmacists can play in urgent care, the Department of Health's lead for out-of-hours medicines believes. Last week, however, the leaders of 10 services that have introduced novel and interesting solutions or used pharmacy services in innovative ways gathered to share their experiences. Tom Moberly reports
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POEMs   70

POEMs series

ARBs reduce BP in prehypertensive patients 70
What is the effect of treating prehypertension with an angiotensin-receptor blocker?
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Products   73

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Products   73
-New medicine
-SPC changes
-Supply issues
-Discontinued products
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Drug tariff updates   73
-NCSOs (England and Wales)
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Letters   74-75

-CPPE
-Controlled drugs
-The Society
-Fellowship
-The Journal
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Vision for pharmacy   76-77

Vision for pharmacy

First pharmacy health trainer at work 76-77
Last week, NHS health trainer partnerships and third party organisations discussed the scheme at a Department of Health conference held in London. Afterwards, Dawn Connelly met the first pharmacy assistant to become an accredited health trainer to hear about her role
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Articles   78-83

Building bones with nutraceuticals 78-83
David Appleton and Brian Lockwood discuss bone, osteoporosis and nutraceuticals that can help treat and slow the process of bone depletion
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Community Pharmacist (newsletter)   insert

Community Pharmacist Group

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Onlooker   84

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Smoking cessation and its problems 84
An article by three medical experts from Aberdeen and Nottingham in the 3 June issue of the BMJ has drawn a useful summary of the problems inherent in smoking cessation. It points out that cigarette smoking delivers the powerfully addictive drug nicotine rapidly and in high doses directly to the brain. Nicotine itself does not cause major health problems in most users — most harm comes from the accompanying tar
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The nonsensical rulings of our nanny state are beyond all credulity 84
We live in a strange world where lawyers rule the roost. Every day they tell us that we should keep them constantly on our payroll so that they can argue our cause when someone else tells us that when we say yes we mean no, and that the only solution is to be dragged through a court of law to test our bona fides
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Finding of engraved tablets in Iraq illustrates archaeologists' rivalries 84
A comment in the 14 April issue of Science draws attention to the rivalries that can develop in the world of archaeology
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Local pharmacist leaders get results, pilot programme finds 85
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Library catalogue provides links to free online journals 85
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New information sheet from museum looks at dosing aids for liquids 85
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Executive holds its last AGM for members in Wales 86
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Cardiff branch presentation marks member's 70 years on the Register 86
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Obituaries & tributes 88

Obituaries
-Evans

Tributes
-Slattery

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Society meetings 87
-Evening lecture: Women in the army medical services since the English civil war (September 20)
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Future events 73/87
-RFID Smart Labels (September 19-20)
-British Pharmaceutical Conference 2006 (September 4-6)
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Awards 73
-NPPG award
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Resources 73
-DoH CD guidance
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Corrections 73
-Council committees
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