The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 pp653-676 No 7429
2 December 2006

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   654

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Opportunities and threats 654
With the risk of The Journal becoming boring and repetitive, pharmacists in England who have hopes that the profession will have a significant part to play in the future of primary health care and primary care trusts can take action today
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News & Features   655-662

News summary  655-661
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Lead stories
-Further DoH guidance provides clarification on PBC
-Evidence of benefits needed if pharmacists want to succeed in PBC
-Extending CD prescribing poses no risk
-Pharmacists recruited to fight terrorism
-Views sought on code for promoting NHS services
-Consultation begins on the future structure of PECs
-Vigorous education vs training debate expected
-HAART adherence barriers similar across settings and countries
-Antibiotics more beneficial in bilateral otitis media
-Heart failure project likely to be recognised as enhanced service

Review of PECs: consultation opens 662
Consultation on a review of primary care trusts' professional executive committees (PECs) began last week. Dawn Connelly looks at the outcomes of the review, and suggests why pharmacists should respond to the consultation and be prepared to become involved
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POEMs   660

POEMs series

Most women quickly stop taking bisphosphonates 660
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Products   663

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Products   663
-New medicines
-Discontinued products
-Products miscellany
-Supply issues
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Drug tariff updates   663
-England and Wales
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Broad Spectrum   664

Why splitting is better for everyone 664
By Mark Koziol
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Letters   665-666

-Controlled drugs
-Pfizer products
-Counterfeit medicines
-The profession
-Statutory Committee
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Agenda for 2006   667

Agenda articles

Would an independent NHS board put the politicians in their place? 667
Not everything that the Labour Government has recently touched has turned to gold. It is disappointing, for example, that despite the allocation of an additional 2 to 3 per cent of the country's gross national product to the NHS many parts of the health service seem under severe financial pressure. Opportunities to extend innovative forms of pharmaceutical care have, along with other potential improvements, been curbed as a result
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Articles   668-669

Indian medicines find way into Pakistan 668-669
Due to a long history of rivalry and warfare, trade between South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan is minimal. However, pharmacists in Pakistan are supplying Indian medicines. Ashfaq Yusufzai, from the Daily Dawn, Peshawar, Pakistan, reports
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Onlooker   670

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Nutrition and the hospital inpatient 670
An article in the November issue of Hospital Pharmacist, by Pamela Mason, draws attention to the problem of undernutrition of patients who are in hospital
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Dealing with chronic constipation in children 670
According to a clinical review in the 18 November issue of the BMJ, chronic constipation in children is a frequent phenomenon, claimed to account for some 25 per cent of the work of paediatric gastroenterologists, and ranking among the 10 most common problems encountered in their routine
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Red grape remedy may offset adverse effects of obesity 670
Resveratrol is a polyphenolic compound found in many plants, particularly red grapes. It follows that it is a constituent of red wine, which may explain why this beverage has a reputation for boosting health. In the 2 November issue of Nature some interesting light is thrown on the therapeutic properties of resveratrol
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Filthy lucre the great corruption / Using the owl as a symbol / What is this culture? 670
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Prescribing & Medicines Management

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Why many GPs ignore MUR forms PM1
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How I have used root cause analysis PM2-3
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Collaborative awards presented at gala PM4
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Survey finds pharmacy education in UK handicapped by science status 671
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CPD helpdesk withdraws out-of-hours service 671
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Charges to be introduced for hard copies of Society's continuing professional development materials 671
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Accreditation soon for independent prescribing conversion courses 671
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New book on administration of drugs via enteral feeding tubes 672
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Martindale and other health texts to be available online in China 672
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Medicines, Ethics and Practice: a guide for pharmacists
MEP page

December 2006 amendments 672
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Pharmacy information on the internet 673-674
A huge amount of information relevant to the practice of pharmacy is available online at the click of a button. This article highlights some evaluated, quality internet resources as suggested by Karen Poole and Sarah Butler of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Information Centre
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Survey of the electronic information needs of members of the Society 673-674
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
Changes to the return and storage of waste medicines in Scotland 675
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Restrictions on personal control 675
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Official notices 2001 to present

Statutory Committee decisions 676
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Obituaries & tributes 676

Obituaries
-Iles

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 676
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Corrections 663
-Martindale (additional information)
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