The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp413-442 No 7447
14 April 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   414

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Time to pull together 414
Repercussions of the Government's decision to remove professional regulation from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and establish a General Pharmaceutical Council to take responsibility for it may reach far into the by-ways of the profession — and the consequences may ripple through the profession for decades
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News & Features   415-420

News summary  415-419
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Lead stories
-OFT decides to scrutinise UK medicines distribution
-PSNC and NPA to discuss possibility of a future merger
-Financial stability for last phase of Scottish contract
-King's fund report reveals support for royal college
-Opportunistic chlamydia screening evidence lacking
-Medical treatment matches coronary intervention

How climate change might affect health 420
The impact of climate change on human health could be wide ranging, according to a recent report. Clare Bellingham investigates
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Products   421

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Products   421
-SPC changes
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Drug tariff updates   421
-England and Wales
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Broad Spectrum   422

Successful funding of a pharmacy royal college will require it to be indispensable 422
By Noel Baumber
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Letters   423-424

-Pseudoephedrine
-Pharmacy degree
-Prescription charges
-William Allen article
-Packaging
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Articles   425-426

Separating professional regulation and representation
Living with change: research-based scientific education is essential 425-426
Michael R. W. Brown describes how the science-based pharmacy degree should prepare students for changes occurring within the profession, including those intended for regulation and leadership as revealed in the Government's recent White Paper on health professional regulation
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Meetings   427-429

Reports index

Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group
Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The role of materials characterisation techniques in pharmaceutical quality 427-428
Material characterisation techniques play an increasingly central role in product and process understanding. The latest developments in these techniques and their applications were reviewed in a recent symposium. Joseph Chamberlain reports
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David Webber memorial lecture
Strategies needed to minimise the risks from drug instability and incompatibility 429
Kevin Taylor reports on the first David Webber memorial lecture
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Onlooker   430

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Celebrating a humble, common weed 430
Curiously enough, our familiar dandelion does not occur in the southern hemisphere, although it is widespread everywhere in the north temperate zone. It is found so plentifully in pastures, in meadows and on waste ground that it is generally looked upon rather as a menace rather than an asset
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How road traffic pollution affects lung development in children 430
In the 17 February issue of The Lancet is a commentary on a paper from the Netherlands regarding an adverse effect of air pollution on respiration and lung development in children
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Control of substances of abuse should focus on potential for harm 430
The way in which the UK authorities attempt to control drugs of misuse through the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 has been subject to criticism lately
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   431-434

Recent articles

Scalp problems in the pharmacy   431-434
Christine Clark looks at scalp conditions, including dandruff and hair loss
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March Council meeting
Council meeting reports

Council agrees process for dealing with one-off dispensing errors 435
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Council decision on how to handle certain health-related cases 435
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Concerns about profession's interface with the GPC 436
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Society to oppose POM control for decongestants 437
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Council adopts revised principles of pharmacy education 437
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Society awards honorary membership to Vincent Lawton, former ABPI chairman 437
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Disciplinary Committee holds its first inquiries next week 435
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Motions for branch representatives' meeting 438-440
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's 2007 branch representatives' meeting takes place at the Society's London headquarters on Thursday 17 May. Set out below are the 10 motions submitted for debate, each followed by an explanatory paragraph from the branch concerned and background information provided by the Society's Council. All motions carried by the meeting will be referred to the Council for consideration
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Official notices 2001 to present

Annual general meeting 441
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Disciplinary Committee meeting 441
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IPG election 441
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Obituaries & tributes 441

Obituaries
-Binns
-Johnson
-Ryan

Tributes
-Binns
-Lewis

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 442
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Future events 421
-Research showcase (19 April)
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Awards 421
-ABPI pharmacy awards
-MSD grants
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Resources 421
-Clinical governance
-Medicines guides
-Needle exchange SOP (standard operating procedure)
-New PSNC workbook
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Reunions 421
-London SoP 1982
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Corrections 421
-Erasure from Register
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