The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp755-784 No 7458
30 June 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Articles   756

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Solid recommendations 756
There are few surprises in “The future of pharmacy — report of the All-Party Pharmacy Group Inquiry”, published earlier this week. Chairman of the group, Howard Stoate, said at the launch that the investigation had taken a year, rather than the originally planned six months, and the resulting report was a hefty document
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Buoyancy and uncertainty in jobs market 756
Our annual recruitment feature paints an uneven picture of the state of pharmacy. Although the community pharmacy market is buoyant, the hospital scene is uncertain and primary care, in particular, is not thriving
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News & Features   757-764

News summary  757-762
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Lead stories
-Pharmacy potential not being realised, says APPG
-Pharmacy contract fails to stimulate innovation
-Pharmacy stays open despite severe flooding
-SoP report takes global look at smoking cessation
-Early implementer sites for release 2 of EPS named
-Chlamydia treatment could soon be available OTC
-Risk of confusion over cytarabine
-Primary care pharmacist job losses to be quantified
-Response to methylamphetamine threat needs balance, MHRA told

The All-Party Pharmacy Group inquiry: where now for community pharmacy? 763-764
This week the All-Party Pharmacy Group published the report of its inquiry into the future of pharmacy. Tom Moberly looks at the group's recommendations
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Products   765

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Products   765
-New medicines
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Discontinued products
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Product recalls   762,765
-Amoxicillin
-Prosulf
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Special feature: Recruitment   766-772

Recruitment articles

Huge leap in hospital posts but AfC and financial deficits slow movement 766-768
In this special feature Debbie Andalo finds out what has been happening in hospital pharmacy recruitment and what is predicted for the future
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PJ Careers Forum at the British Pharmaceutical Conference 2007 768
A career fair for pharmacists seeking their next move, or pharmacy graduates looking to take their first step on the professional ladder, takes place in Manchester in September 2007
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Plentiful work in the community due to increased services and longer hours 769-770
Recruitment is booming in the community sector. Debbie Andalo talks to some of the main players to find out why
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After cuts and mergers, primary care pharmacists are staying firmly put 771-772
Debbie Andalo describes how pressures and recent changes in the primary care sector have affected its job market
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Letters   773-774

-Veterinary pharmacy
-Antibiotic resistance
-Community pharmacy
-Opiate addiction
-Clinical trials
-Retention fees
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Agenda for 2007   775-777

Agenda articles

Pharmacists have a global opportunity to help abolish tobacco-related harm 775
The success of NHS community pharmacy and allied smoking reduction services and policies demands recognition. Adults smoking in the UK today amount to about 25 per cent, compared with a figure of 80 per cent among men 50 years ago. With the ban on smoking in public places and workplaces in England coming into effect on 1 July 2007, the UK, arguably, now enjoys the most comprehensive set of tobacco control and smoking reduction policies and provisions to be found world-wide
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Creating a demand for better health by using social marketing techniques 776-777
The most significant environmental change to support people who want to give up smoking is the legislation to ban smoking in public places. Following Scotland in March 2006, and Wales and Northern Ireland in April 2007, England moves one step closer to being smoke free on 1 July 2007, when it becomes illegal to smoke in almost every enclosed public place and workplace
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Registered Technician (newsletter)   insert

Newsletters

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Onlooker   778

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Influence of moon and tide 778
More and more attention is suddenly being paid to the twin phenomena of the moon and the tides. Not only health professions but also the authorities responsible for law and order are turning their eyes in the direction of the moon and its vagaries
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Harsh regulation of Chinese drugs 778
An editorial in the 7 June issue of Nature draws attention to a strange situation in China respecting drug regulation arrangements. The former head of the State Food and Drug Administration was sentenced to death in Beijing last month on charges of accepting bribes. Judicial processes in China prevent us from knowing the details but we do know that hundreds of officials have been accused of bribery over the years
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World climate change has led to an alarming reduction in rainfall in much of Australia 778
An editorial in the 16 June issue of New Scientist draws attention to the alarming effects of climatic change in the Australian continent. Over the past half century, comments Tim Flannery of Macquarie University, southern Australia has lost some 20 per cent of its rainfall, an effect largely attributable to global warming, and similar changes have been observed in the east of the country
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Could you be an Onlooker? 778
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June Council meeting
Council meeting reports

No self-selection for pharmacy medicines, Council decides 779
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NEWS

Examiners given more time to cater for disability 779
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Society develops materials to support stop-smoking services 779
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New Code of Ethics for pharmacy is previewed on Society's website 780
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Pharmacy leadership programme for Wales 780
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Library late opening to stay 780
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
Medication error logs 781
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Treasures of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Collections 782
An early 18th century storage jar for tobacco
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Official notices 2001 to present

Council by-election in Wales 783
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Amendment to Examination Regulations: special arrangements for disability 783
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Statutory Committee decisions 783-784
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Health Committee decision 784
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Obituaries & tributes 784

Obituaries
-Browne

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 784
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Society meetings 783-784
-Pharmacy education (12 November)
-Tableting technology for the pharmaceutical industry (19-21 November)
-FIP Quality-International 2007 Conference: Call for speakers and posters (26-27 November)
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Future events 765
-Hypertension (18 September)
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Resources 765
-Chief pharmacist forum
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