The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp329-352 No 7444
24 March 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   330

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Facing more risk in practice 330
Are you comfortable taking risks? Probably not. Pharmacists — whether by temperament or training — tend to be cautious. But this is for good reason: they must ensure that the medicines they dispense for patients are the ones that the prescriber intended, and that they will be taken at the right dose and at the right time
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Was interest in Council election diverted? 330
This year, for the first time in living memory, there will be no ballots for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Council election. The last time this happened was 1919 (although no elections were called during the 1939–45 war). This year, as in 1919, the number of candidates standing for election exactly matches the number of vacancies and therefore no ballot is required
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News & Features   331-338

News summary  331-337
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Lead stories
-National framework for pandemic flu published
-Novartis confirms plan for direct-to-pharmacy supply arrangements
-Quitters given help in Budget
-Champion role extended
-Government pushes health White Paper agenda
-PM supports pharmacy access to patient records
-EU professional regulation needs uniform approach
-Calls to tackle inappropriate paediatric formulations
-Clawback adjustment to be made to March dispensings in Scotland
-BNF highly rated as medicines information source

Patient satisfaction surveys imminent 338
Annual patient satisfaction surveys are a requirement under the essential services section of the community pharmacy contract. A national template questionnaire is expected this week and the first survey results are likely to be fed to primary care trusts by March 2008. Dawn Connelly reports
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POEMs   337

POEMs series

Procalcitonin test can reduce antibiotic use in COPD 337
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Products   339

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Products   339
-New medicine
-Supply issues
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Recalled products   339
-Clearview Simplify D-dimer
-Unistik 3
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Drug tariff updates   339
-England and Wales
-Renagel container status
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Broad Spectrum   340

New roles, new risks — pharmacists must understand their limitations 340
By Brian Curwain
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Letters   341-343

-Pseudoephedrine
-White Paper
-Statins
-Medicines recycling
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Articles   344-345

William Allen: anti-slavery campaigner 344-345
William Allen, one of the Pharmaceutical Society's founders, was deeply involved in the campaign to end slavery, which led to the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 200 years ago this week. Briony Hudson, keeper of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's museum collections, writes
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Retail Pharmacy (newsletter)   insert

Retail Pharmacy

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An educated palette 1-2
Thinking of a refit? What colours should you choose? Naomi Kempner finds out
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Consumer opinions 1
Product packaging is the biggest “influencer” when deciding which brand of OTC medicine to buy
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Hay fever market 1
The hay fever market has continued to blossom. The category grew from £75m in June 2005 to £87.6m by June 2006 (IRI consumer retail sales)
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Head lice 1
It is estimated that 87 per cent of head lice are resistant to conventional insecticides. A new shampoo, Riddance, based on neem seed kernel extract, claims to avoid this problem because it has more than one mode of action
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New OTC product is brand of the year 2
Newcomer Curanail (switched from POM to P in May 2006) beat old favourites like Calpol and Gaviscon to the title of OTC brand of the year at the OTC Marketing Awards 2007, held in London this month
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The law on sales in pharmacies 3
Valerie Toon and Kevin Smith give an overview of the law behind customer returns and sending goods back to suppliers
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Onlooker   346

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Taking the winds of March with beauty 346
March is celebrated as the month of yellows in nature. Coltsfoot lines the edges of forest paths and road verges, while in the dimmer and damper recesses clumps of the lesser celandine are to be found and higher on the borders of the hillocks comes the brilliant gorse
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Social offenders in primary care need attention 346
An editorial in the 10 February issue of the BMJ draws attention to the plight of some individuals involved in social offences when seeking help from providers of primary care
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Degrading the environment threatens East Africa 346
A note in the 9 March issue of Science refers to one of the perils facing humans in view of climate change. Soil erosion and land degradation offer serious threats to developing countries. These factors not only diminish the security of food supplies and threaten various terrestrial ecosystems, they also cause substantial damage to marine life offshore
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Global aftermath of a regional nuclear war 346
In a commentary in the 2 March issue of Science, a group of environmental scientists has considered the possible consequences of nuclear conflict on a regional rather than a global scale. They emphasise that, although global nuclear warfare may not be a serious threat today, regional-scale conflicts might be envisaged
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Shortage of candidates means no ballot needed in Council election 347
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Society tells Europe about pharmacist prescribing 347
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Council election 2007 “Who’s who” 348-349
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Resignation of Society public affairs director 349
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More than 5,000 pharmacy technicians now registered 349
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Library seeks book ideas 349
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Scottish manifesto calls for better use of pharmacists' expertise 350
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Charity launched at Sunderland dinner dance 350
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Another Independent supplement on pharmacy 350
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Official notices 2001 to present

Council election 2007 351
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Erasures from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee 351
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Obituaries & tributes 351-352

Obituaries
-Colangelo
-Lewis
-Marinan
-tombs

Tributes
-Brenton
-Hemensley
-Samways

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 352
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Society meetings 351-352
-Symposium: Analytical support for clinical trials (2 May)
-One-day conference: Pharmacists as prescribers — the UK experience (11 June)
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Future events 339
-BPSA conference
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