The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp93-118 No 7436
27 January 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   94

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A sign of things to come 94
Although there are examples of pharmacists who own health centre premises that include GP practices alongside their own facilities, the initiative at the Boots store at Poole in Dorset that we cover this week seems to be pointing in a new direction
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New service for the community sector 94
Following the successful launch of newsletters for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's special interest groups last year, we are turning our attention to the business side of community pharmacy. This week you can find a four-page centre pull-out Retail Pharmacy supplement which will appear monthly but which will soon become a stand-alone publication for community pharmacists
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News & Features   95-102

News summary  95-100
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Lead stories
-Pharmacy bodies call for new advanced services
-Setback for original pack dispensing hopes
-Section 60 Order debated
-Ann Lewis to retire in autumn
-Well managed switches can save money without affecting care
-Scotland's acute medication service to start in July 2007
-Drugs central to NICE guide on heavy menstruation
-Galbraith review will look beyond control of entry
-Smoking services must be priority

Pharmacy opens doors to GP services 101
Next week, Poole NHS Healthcare Centre opens its doors to patients — inside a Boots store. The local primary care trust says that people in Poole will now have more say about where they receive care. Matthew Wright looks at how the pharmacy became a PCT's landlord and what services are on offer
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How reclassifying a CD could affect supplies of cold remedies that work 102
Last week, methylamphetamine became a Class A Controlled Drug in an attempt to stop it becoming a major drug of abuse in the UK. The reclassification has cast a shadow over the continued availability of pseudoephedrine as a pharmacy medicine. Mike Thompson investigates
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Products   103

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Products   103
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Supply issues
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Broad Spectrum   104

A solid foundation in science and practice is a must for the NHS's future 104
By Andrew Husband
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Letters   105-108

-Fitness to practise
-CD storage
-Aspirin
-Pharmacist prescribing
-English pharmacy board
-Society publications
-Onlooker
-The Journal
-Ethics
-Retention fees
-The Society
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Interview   109-110

Leaving “the hardest job in pharmacy” — Ann Lewis to retire from the Society 109-110
Ann Lewis is to retire from her position as the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Secretary and Registrar in the autumn. Olivia Timbs asked her to reflect upon her legacy to the pharmacy profession and to outline her plans for the future
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Vision for pharmacy   111

Vision for pharmacy articles

Pandemic influenza: pharmacy's role 111
The Government is expected to publish its revised UK Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan shortly. In the meantime, Dawn Connelly looks at City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust's plan to see how it will make use of pharmacies during a flu pandemic
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Retail pharmacy (newsletter)   insert

Retail pharmacy

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Sale of OTC statins: is it a lost opportunity? 1
In 2004, the Government allowed pharmacists to sell simvastatin as a P medicine to people at moderate risk of heart disease. It emerged this month that the initiative appears to have failed. Debbie Andalo reports
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How e-business helps community pharmacies get more out of reps 2
Community pharmacist Shamir Patel believes he can compete equally with the cut price over-the-counter medicines offered by high street chemist and supermarket chains thanks to e-business
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Onlooker   112

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Prisons have a bearing on mental health 112
Some interesting comments on the thorny relationship between legal incarceration and its effects on the health of the inmate who has to suffer it are raised in the New England Journal of Medicine for 11 January 2007
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Welcome to winter fragrance perfuming our woods and hedgerows112
At this time of year few choice perfumes waft over us from the fields and hedgerows unless we enjoy the aroma of cattle manure. All the more reason then for us to appreciate the subtlety of the hedge violet and the winter heliotrope, which are both now in evidence in woods and hedgerows
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Worries about anxiety: what and where is it? 112
Anxiety is a state of chronic apprehension that is distressing to the sufferer. It differs from fear and phobia in that it has indefinite sources and outcomes, whereas fear is attributable to a defined cause and becomes a phobia when exaggerated beyond real danger
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Moral government / People for peace 112
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Council election candidates sought 113
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Ann Lewis announces decision to retire as Secretary and Registrar this autumn 113
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“Excellent” response to education consultation 113
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Terms of office for elected members of national pharmacy boards 114
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
Methamphetamine: link to cold remedies and reclassification 114
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Missed doses or collections of methadone 114
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Official notices 2001 to present

Council election 2007 115
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Attendance records of retiring members of Council 115
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Council election procedures 2007 115-117
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Obituaries & tributes 117-118

Obituaries

-Allen	-Cropper	-Hancock	-Meehan
-Burnhope	-Fisher	-Hardwick	-Rollo
-Chappelle	-French	-Hargrove	-Shimell
-Cole	-Grant	-Hobson	-Tier

Tributes
-Benoliel
-Levine
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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 118
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Future events 103
-Rheumatology (13 March)
-Cardiovascular disease (20 March)
-Health workforce (22-23 March)
-Pharmacy practice (2-3 April)
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Wants 103
-Medication reviews
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Reunions 103
-UWIST 1982
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