The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp295-328 No 7443
17 March 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   296

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What should a new body do? 296
Differences of opinion are beginning to emerge among pharmacists about how the Royal Pharmaceutical Society should evolve, as our report of a meeting organised by the Society to discuss the implications of the Government establishing a General Pharmaceutical Council reveals
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News & Features   297-304

News summary, including R&D  297-303
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Lead stories
-Further tensions emerge over royal college model
-Irish republic leads in regulation shake-up
-NHS staff in Scotland will avoid staged increase in pay
-Diabetes progress report ignores pharmacy's role
-Bigger role for pharmacists in seasonal flu vaccination scheme?
-CD handling to be in annual Healthcare Commission check
-Call for shift in pharmacists' core ethical values
-Additives in child medicines opposed by food group
-Initial data on CCR5 inhibitor for HIV look promising

Is MHRA's pseudoephedrine P to POM plan a slap in the face for pharmacy? 304
Pharmacists say the proposed reclassification of pseudoephedrine as a prescription-only medicine is a retrograde step. Lisa Hitchen investigates
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Products   305

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Products   305
-New medicines
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
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Announcements   305
-Duthie report
-NPA elections
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Broad Spectrum   306

Reconfiguring the pharmacy workforce — is it time for a three-tier Register? 306
By Stuart Anderson
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Letters   307-311

-White Paper
-Funding for services
-Prescription charges
-Community pharmacy
-Pharmacist prescribing
-Chlamydia testing
-Pfizer products
-Medicines recycling
-Skill mix
-Retention fees
-Retail pharmacy
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Articles   312-314

Qualitative research
An overview of qualitative research 312-314
In this article (part 1 of two), Therése Kairuz, Keith Crump and Anthony O’Brien provide an overview of qualitative practice research in pharmacy
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   315-318

Recent articles

How to make a success of MURs  315-318
Lin-Nam Wang, The Journal's senior contributions editor and community pharmacist, recently attended an event organised by Barnet Primary Care Trust and run by UniChem, where community pharmacists shared their experiences and tips for improving medicines use review services. This article is based on the presentations and discussions
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Original papers   319-322

A pilot study of a community pharmacist intervention to promote the effective use of emollients in childhood eczema 319-322
By Alison Carr, Rohit Patel, Mandy Jones and Abdul Suleman
Aim — To determine the effectiveness of a community pharmacist intervention to promote effective use of emollients in children with atopic eczema
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Reviews   323

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The law and ethics of the pharmaceutical industry 323
by Graham Dukes
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Medication errors 323
edited by Michael R. Cohen
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Basic statistics and pharmaceutical applications 323
by James E. De Muth
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Onlooker   324

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Mothers' fish consumption helps child development 324
Investigators at the University of Rochester in the US have concluded that the consumption of fish by pregnant mothers has beneficial effects on the development of their offspring, according to a comment in the 17 February issue of The Lancet
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Coffee-drinking and the pregnant woman 324
An editorial in the 24 February issue of the BMJ discusses the wisdom of drinking coffee during pregnancy, a practice that many studies have suggested may be unwise. Some indicate that more than modest amounts increase the risk of infertility, birth defects, miscarriages, stillbirth or premature birth, restriction of fetal growth or cot death
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Remembering a chemist with many talents 324
In the March issue of Chemistry World there is a profile of Marcellin Berthelot, the French chemist, who died 100 years ago on 18 March 1907
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Dating art by analysis of the pigments used 324
The 15 February issue of Nature includes an interesting comment regarding the importance of spectroscopic laser technology in establishing the origin of disputed works of art
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New statutory committee members and advisers are announced 325
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Guide to care of detainees in police custody 325
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First Society accreditations for support staff training under new arrangements 325
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BPSA seeks to appoint an extra area co-ordinator 325
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Details of the new statutory committee members and advisers 326
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Official notices 2001 to present

Statutory Committee Inquiries 327
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BPSA constitution 327
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Obituaries & tributes 327

Obituaries
-Brenton
-Chandler
-Hemensley
-Lindsay
-Holmes
-Sheaf
-Thorne

Tributes
-Lindsay

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 328
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Awards 305
-International achievement
-Service delivery
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