The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 pp115-140 No 7463
4 August 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Articles   116

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An unavoidable increase 116
Many pharmacists will be dismayed by the rise in fees announced by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society this week. The hike is unprecedented but the Society's activities have unavoidably increased over the past four years as it has responded to the demands placed on it as a regulator
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Full steam ahead for Pharmacy 2020 116
With all that is going on in the world of pharmacy at the moment it is important not to lose sight of the bigger picture. It is perhaps timely, then, that the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Pharmacy 2020 project starts to gather steam this week with the first in a series of articles to be published over the next two months
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News & Features   117-122

News summary  117-122
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Lead stories
-Sanofi-Aventis restricts supply to three wholesalers
-MHRA reprimands two manufacturers over advertisements
-Fees petition gathers pace
-Scottish community pharmacists get remuneration update
-Government response to Galbraith to form part of White Paper
-More work needed if AfC is to improve patient care
-First consultant pharmacist to work across cancer network and NHS trust appointed in north-east
-LPC gathering evidence to support commissioning
-Combination treatment increases sruvival in CLL

POEMs   122

POEMs series

Omega-3 fatty acids have small analgesic effect on inflammatory joint pain 122
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Products   123

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Products   123
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Supply issues
-Counter products
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Announcements   123
-Cardiff University
-PSNC West Midlands
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Broad Spectrum   124

Why we need to study websites that provide information about medicines 124
By Donald J. Nicolson
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Letters   125-126

-Retention fees
-White Paper
-Athena
-The Journal
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Articles   127

Why there is a green cross by the green 127
Diane Langleben interviews a pharmacist who has changed the direction of his business and provides pharmacy services at public events
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   133-136

Recent articles

BNF multivitamin preparations   133-136
Pamela Mason looks at the seven multivitamin products listed in the British National Formulary
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Footler   128

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On the trail of chickens, eggs and ducks 128
A recent report in The Times brought to mind a variation of the old “which came first, the chicken or the egg” question. Now we must ask “where first” as well
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Victorian Age rooted in tragedy and death 128
Two hundred years ago the physician Sir Richard Croft, 6th Bt, whose family is associated with Croft Castle in the quiet, lush landscape of North Herefordshire, joined and then inherited his father-in-law's fashionable London medical practice. While I was browsing wistfully (yes, covetously) among some beautiful Victorian scientific instruments in a saleroom near the castle a sad tale came to mind …
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As God is my witness … address unknown 128
We should not trivialise the problems caused by errors, dispensing or otherwise. However a report from Romania may be of interest
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Stockholm tar given all clear by Europe 128
Stockholm tar, also known as pine tar, tar oil and pine oil, was one of those traditional, old-fashioned lines which sat quietly in a corner of the stockroom. Occasionally sold to farmers or horse-owners it was used as an antiseptic and for hoof care on cattle, sheep and horses
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July Council meeting
Council meeting reports

Future planning and external pressures lead to 50pc fee rises 129
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Missing FTP declarations 130
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Bob Michell reappointed as Phillida Entwistle stands down 130
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NEWS

Cardiff and Nottingham universities win right to host Academic Excellence Awards for 2008 130
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Benevolent Fund: Message to members who are living in or near flood-affected areas 130
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Pharmacy 2020
How the Pharmacy 2020 project is lighting the way for pharmacy's future 131-132
The President, Hemant Patel, launched the Pharmacy 2020 project at the British Pharmaceutical Conference last year. In this first article of a series leading to a consultation that will seek members' views on where pharmacy might be by 2020, Carl Rees interviews the President about his vision
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Council by-election “Who’s who” 137
There are three candidates standing for the election of one pharmacist to fill a casual vacancy on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council in the place reserved to the national constituency of Wales
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Official notices 2001 to present

Proposed amendment to Rules: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Fees in Connection with the 2008 Registration Cycle) Rules 138-139
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Alteration to the Byelaws: Fees payable to the Society 139
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Fees to be paid by pharmacy technicians 139
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Disciplinary Committee 139
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Statutory Committee decisions 139-140
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Health Committee interim orders 140
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Fitness-to-practise declarations 140
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Diary
Diary / Health events

Future events 123
-Medication errors (2 October)
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