The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 pp757-800 No 7432
23/30 December 2006

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   758

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Abolishing the blame culture 758
Few people have any doubt that errors are unreported in the health service and a paper in the BMJ reveals the scale may be even greater than suspected
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 758
It is hard — looking back on 2006 — to typify the year in a few words or phrases
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News & Features   759-764

News summary  759-763
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Lead stories
-Consider supplying EHC in advance, says Society
-S60 Order published; expected to come into force early in 2007
-Electronic care records to go ahead with mixed consent model
-Adjustments to reimbursement/remuneration switch still needed
-NPSA to change its focus as part of new patient safety strategy
-Long-term HIV study confirms lack of advantage of three-class strategy for initial antiretroviral therapy

-Modest intake of cranberry juice OK with warfarin

A busy year, but there is still a lot to do 764
From the disastrous handover of the home oxygen service in February to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's decision to review its professional and regulatory roles, it has been a hectic year for pharmacy, but much remains to be done. Tom Moberly looks back over 2006
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POEMs   763

POEMs series

Drug therapy helps passage of kidney stones 763
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Products   765

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Products   765
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Discontinued products
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Medical device alert   765
-Blood glucose meters
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Drug tariff updates   765
-England and Wales
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Broad Spectrum   766

Why pharmacists are needed to help shape students' professional identity 766
By Geoffrey Harding and Kevin Taylor
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Letters   767-770

-Pfizer products
-Fitness to practise
-The profession
-Rural practice
-Retention fees
-The Society
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Meetings   771

Reports index

Health Service Journal
Developing leaders for a dynamic NHS 771
Developing leadership skills across the NHS to manage change, drive efficiency and improve patient care was the subject of a meeting attended by senior NHS and Department of Health personnel. Anne Adams the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's head of professional leadership, reports
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Onlooker   772

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Have a happy life and a healthy one 772
The meaning of happiness is something that has taxed the intelligence of philosophers since the time of Aristotle in the fourth century BC. Asking people if they are happy raises more questions than it answers. Is happiness a single emotion or is it a personality trait? Is it merely the absence from the consciousness of unhappiness?
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Role for babies in ancient society 772
Our ancestors some 27,000 years ago regarded their newborn recruits as full members of their tribal society, according to a report from Vienna published in the 16 November issue of Nature
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Singing helps recover lost speech 772
Aphasia is a distressing affliction and one that may become a serious embarrassment for anyone who is obliged to move in society, however humble his or her role
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December Council meeting
The following reports conclude our coverage of the Society’s December Council meeting.
See also Council meeting reports

Inspectors to have more power? 773
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Process agreed for consultations on draft guidance documents 773
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Council approves PPI strategy for Society 773
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Name change accepted for BPC practice research panel 773
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Council approves new structures for Society's education work 774
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Society to develop strategy on long-term conditions and self-care 774
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
Approved wording on instalment prescriptions to cover pharmacy closures 774
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The case of the hungry parrot, and other retention fee collection stories 775
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Society produces newsletter for members in England 775
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Official notices 2001 to present

Statutory Committee decisions 776
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Obituaries & tributes 776

Obituaries
-Burrows
-Chester
-Jones

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Christmas miscellany   777-800

Christmas miscellany 2006

COMPETITION: Can you identify the pharmacy objects? 800
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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 776
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Future events 765
-NPSA roadshows
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Awards 765
-Psychiatric pharmacy
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