The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp723-754 No 7457
23 June 2007

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Leading Articles   724

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Winning hearts and minds 724
One of this week’s correspondents sounds an angry young man
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Teach vets what pharmacists can offer 724
Last week we reported that some members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council had advocated that pharmacy education and training needs to have a greater focus on veterinary pharmacy
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News & Features   725-730

News summary  725-729
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Lead stories
-Tories say pharmacy must play part in NHS redesign
-Queen's Birthday Honours for pharmacists
-New Scottish health minister takes on pharmacy concerns
-Additional pseudoephedrine controls not necessary
-PSNC highlights opportunities for engaging in PBC
-New oral multiple myeloma treatment set for launch
-Wash-out unnecessary before before starting abatacept

European law puts patients at risk 730
Separate European directives on the free movement of health professionals, including pharmacists, have been replaced by a new directive applying to all health and social care professionals. UK health regulators are worried that the new rules preclude adequate checks and supervision of visiting practitioners. Mike Thompson reports
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Products   731

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Products   731
-Prescription products
-Counter products
-Discontinued products
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Recalls, alerts & caution in use   731
-Vygon IV extension lines
-Fersamal
-Gentamicin intrathecal
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Drug tariff updates   731
-England and Wales
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Broad Spectrum   732

Can professional judgement be taught to undergraduate pharmacy students?732
By Geoffrey Harding and Kevin Taylor
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Letters   733-736

- Supervision
- Counterfeit medicines
- Citric acid
- White Paper
- The Council
- MDSs
- Pfizer
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   745

Recent articles

Palliative care
Opioid analgesics in palliative care  745-748
In a second article on the treatment of pain in palliative care, Andrew Dickman discusses the use of opioids
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Articles   737-738

Getting to grips with the LPS scheme 737-738
In this article, Gianpeiro Celino and David Reissner explain the local pharmaceutical services scheme in detail, covering the background behind the scheme, what it provides and how contractors can get started
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Meetings   739-743

Reports index

National Genetics Education and Development Centre
General public will expect pharmacists to know about pharmacogenetics 739-740
Does pharmacogenetics fit into pharmacy practice now? Will it in the future? Lin-Nam Wang reports
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Veterinary Pharmacists Group
Partnership working will be the key to future pharmacist-vet relationships 741-743
Veterinary surgeons jealously guard their right to supply medicines, but there are hints of new co-operation with pharmacists. Steven Kayne reports
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Onlooker   744

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The red campion: scorpion scarer and soap substitute 744
Our local hedgerow flora is at its most prolific now, and among the most obvious blooms is the red campion (Silene dioica)
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How Europe leads the world in heavy drinking 744
Around the world, and not least across Europe, alcohol presents an increasing threat to public health
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Pregnancy testing and other strange uses for nettle leaves in folklore 744
The common stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, is a much neglected commodity, probably overlooked by sophisticated society because of its plenty and wide distribution
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Cleaning away the superstitions 744
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Scottish annual meeting speakers stress need for strong leadership 749
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President asks what the members want 749
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Scottish board confirms its intention to play a full part in developments arising from the White Paper 750
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Scottish branch secretaries call for an improved local branch network 750
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President attends medical aid charity dinner given by Prince of Wales at Clarence House 751
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Society relaunches its analytical validation course 751
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Society publishes new MHRA guide for pharmaceutical wholesalers 752
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New edition of ‘Dietary supplements’ from Pharmaceutical Press 752
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
The Society's new powers under the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 in relation to health cases 751
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Gifts and inducements 752
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Official notices 2001 to present

Council by-election in Wales 753
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Obituaries & tributes 753-754

Obituaries
-Bailey
-Cheetham
-Gabrielle
-Hinshelwood
-Jefferies
-McBean
-Woodhouse

Tributes
-Lawrie
-Lofthouse

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 754
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Society meetings 753
-International analytical validation and regulatoryissues for the pharmaceutical industry (1-3 October)
-Pharmacy education (12 November)
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Future events 731
-Type 2 diabetes (June/July)
-SPCs: regulatory aspects (5 July)
-Aseptic services (9-12 July)
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Reunions 731
-Heriot-Watt 1976
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Corrections & clarifications 731
-Journal packaging
-Brian Curwain's letter
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