The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 pp561-592 No 7426
11 November 2006

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   562

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Room for improvement 562
British teenagers have had a rough ride in the past week. A survey revealed that they are more likely than their peers in other European countries to be drunk, to be sexually active at a younger age and to be involved in brawls. However, as most people who have close dealings with teenagers will aver, most of them are as aware of the law and risky behaviour as teenagers have ever been
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News & Features   563-568

News summary  563-568
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Lead stories
-Public health training places open to pharmacists
-Indicative rates announced for two more national enhanced services for Wales
-Pharmacists' views on care records are being considered
-BOC sets date for end of oxygen deliveries to pharmacies
-Updated NHS warning system about dangerous professionals
-Pharmacy education should be a continuous process from student to specialist, say academics

-Pharmaceutical companies urged to have closer link with pharmacy
-Use omalizumab only within trials
-NHS specials database previewed

Products   569

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Products   569
-SPC changes
-Counter products
-Discontinued products
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Announcements   569
-Phenobarbital sodium in BNFC
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Drug tariff updates   569
-England and Wales
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Recalled products   569
-Aricept
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Broad Spectrum   570

EHC: is advance supply the next step? 570
By Claire Anderson
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Letters   571-574

-Pharmacy in Spain
-Controlled drugs
-Community pharmacy
-Prescribing
-Medicines use reviews
-Safety
-Supermarket pharmacy
-The profession
-The Council
-Statutory Committee
-Retention fee
-Section 60 Order
-The Society
-Pfizer products
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   579-582

Recent articles

Different types of dementia   579-582
In this article, Andrew Husband and Alan Worsley describe some different dementias and their treatments
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Consultation   S1-S4 (insert)

Consultation on the revised Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians S1-S2
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is conducting a fundamental review of the existing codes of ethics for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. These codes set out the professional duties and responsibilities of registered pharmacy professionals and underpin all other guidance we issue
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Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians   S3-S4
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Articles   575-578

Support & services
Put down the metal bar, pick up the telephone: Listening Friends can help 575
Alan Nathan, chairman of the Listening Friends scheme, describes the scheme, how it works and what it can offer
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National workforce census
Workforce update — joiners, leavers, and practising and non-practising pharmacists on the 2006 Register 576-578
In this article, Karen Hassell and Liz Seston present demographic data extracted from the 2006 Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists, focusing on those who have joined and left the Register in the previous 12 months and differences between practising and non-practising pharmacists
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Meetings   583-587

Reports index

British Oncology Pharmacy Association
Major progress since launch of NHS cancer plan has greatly improved care 583-584
Pharmacists and technicians discussed issues affecting pharmacists involved in the treatment of patients with cancer. Hanadi Ghannam reports
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Primary and Community Care Pharmacy Network
Promoting pharmacy in a new NHS 585
Community care pharmacy within a patient led NHS, care homes and the new childhood immunisation programme were discussed at a recent meeting. Theresa Rutter reports
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Diabetes care
New developments in diabetes care 586
New treatments for patients with diabetes, better drug practice and practice-based commissioning were topics discussed at the conference on Progress in Diabetes Care. Natasha Jacques reports
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UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group
Developments in adult ADHD treatment 587
Over 200 pharmacists and technicians met recently to discuss expanding the boundaries of mental health pharmacy. Dawn Price reports
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Onlooker   588

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Taking your cue from the social skills of the bee 588
Any producer of honey will tell you that bees are the most fascinating of creatures
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Cluster bombs continue to kill the innocent after military operations have ceased 588
An editorial in The Lancet of 28 October draws attention to a frequently overlooked consequence of local warfare operations that have become part of the current world picture. This is the widespread distribution of cluster bombs, left over from military campaigns, often in rural surroundings, where they maim or kill children and other innocent victims
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The role of physical cleansing in washing away the taint of sin 588
In the 8 September issue of Science two management and behaviour experts, from Canada and the US, discussed the age-old custom of trying to wash away the taint of sin, of which we may become aware in looking back at some of our actions in real life
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Human perversity dogs progress 588
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Consultation seeks views on the wording of revised Code of Ethics 589
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Society's first Academic Excellence Awards go to Belfast and London 589
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Statutory Committee Reports
Striking-off order follows string of dispensing errors 590
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Obituaries & tributes 591

Obituaries
-Hedgman
-Stephenson
-Watson
-Wilcox
-Wilson

Tribute
-Stephenson

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 592
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Society meetings 591
-12th Arden House European Conference: Development and manufacture of parenteral dosage forms — quality and regulatory issues
(12-14 March 2007)

-Symposium: Material functionality and fitness for purpose in solid dosage forms
(7 December)

-Joint meeting: History of syphilis treatment
(15 November)

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