The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp119-150 No 7437
3 February 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   120

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We call this free speech 120
Correspondents have raised a number of issues related to The Journal's advertising policy following our decision to include copies of a document supported by AstraZeneca in the same wrapper as the issue of 20 January. These correspondents (pp129–131) have prompted us to publish our policy for advertisers. It will be posted online in the next few weeks and we hope it will clarify some of the issues and preconceptions raised
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News & Features   121-126

News summary  121-126
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Lead stories
-Indemnity requirement put on hold for new Order
-NPA chief executive to leave for Phoenix group
-DoH withdraws free BNF funding for medical students
-Technician registration delayed until GB agreement
-Health economists call for review of MUR service
-Updated guidance on endorsement of FP10MDAs
-Safety of alteplase confirmed for stroke treatment
-Australian pharmacy asthma programme succeeds

Products   127

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Products   127
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Discontinued products
-Supply issues
-Products miscellany
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Announcements   127
-Hytrin
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Drug tariff updates   127
-England and Wales
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Broad Spectrum   128

Dual branding of drugs by the industry is confusing and should be stopped 128
By Stein Lyftingsmo
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Letters   129-134

-The Journal
-Clinical trials
-Renal pharmacy
-Modified release morphine
-Pharmacy practice
-Locum pharmacy

-Pharmacy leadership
-The profession
-Ethics
-The Society
-Retention fees
-Retirement fellowship

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Original papers   136-141

Improving junior doctor prescribing — the positive impact of a pharmacist intervention 136-139
By Daniela Webbe, Soraya Dhillon and C. Michael Roberts
Aim — To assess the feasibility of implementing a clinical teaching pharmacist programme to improve prescribing skills among newly qualified preregistration house officers (PRHOs)
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Frequently asked questions about medicines — a pilot project for NHS Direct 140-141
By Simon Wills and Fran Campbell
Aim — To evaluate the impact of written answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about medicines, prepared by pharmacists, for NHS Direct nurses to use when answering calls about medicines from members of the public
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   143-146

Recent articles

The informed patient: friend or foe?   143-146
Like the use of the internet, the informed patient is a growing phenomenon. In this article, Marjorie Weiss looks at how pharmacists can deal with them
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Onlooker   142

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Setting an example in science research 142
An editorial in the 18 January 2007 issue of Nature stresses the importance of ensuring that senior staff in research laboratories set a good example for their juniors to follow
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Taming of the shrew may not be the answer 142
Outside my garden door hangs a cage containing peanuts to encourage birds to spend their winters among my plants. Highly successful, it has proved a boon to some other wild creatures too
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Can citizen power beat the climate changers? 142
Debate over climate change goes on and promises to grow fiercer in the international sphere. Now that a political shift in the US favouring the Democrats has occurred, observers are looking for a marked change in the US government's attitude to the problem, and this may have important repercussions on the response of the world trying to solve it without drastic measures
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The deadly aftermath of time spent in prison 142
An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine for 11 January 2007 comments on a strange aspect of our tendency to lock up our offenders as a disciplinary measure. It concerns the increased risk of death of prisoners soon after their release from custody
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Society survey identifies strong support networks for pharmacists 147
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Industrial Pharmacists Group seeks committee members 147
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Research abstracts invited for presentation at BPC 2007 147
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Survey of support groups in pharmacy 148
This article, produced within the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's policy development division, is a summary report of the first stage of an initiative to carry out a comprehensive review of the existing support groups within pharmacy and to give a lead on the supporting structures required across the profession for the future
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
Administration of adrenaline (epinephrine) in an emergency 147
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Medicines, Ethics and Practice: a guide for pharmacists
MEP page

February 2007 amendments 149
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Official notices 2001 to present

Council election 2007 149
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Industrial Pharmacists Group Committee election 2007 149
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Statutory Committee decisions 149-150
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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 150
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Society meetings 150
-History of drug discovery
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Future events 127
-Life long learning (1-4 July)
-Therapeutics (23 February)
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Reunions 127
-Bath centenary
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