The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 pp337-368 No 7471
29 September 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Articles   338

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More equal than others? 338
Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society who have been following the Pharmacy 2020 articles that The Journal has published over the past two months may be disappointed to learn that the series comes to an end with this week’s contribution. The authors of these articles hold strong opinions and, arguably, include some of the most influential pharmacists in Britain. The Journal would expect the pieces to remain relevant for many years and it will be interesting to revisit the themes in 2020 to find out how perspicacious the writers have been
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Open Day: not all the usual suspects 338
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Open Day seems to have been well received by those pharmacists and guests who travelled to Lambeth last weekend to hear from the Society’s Council and staff and to learn more about what goes on there
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News & Features   339-345

News summary  339-343
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Lead stories
-Doubts cast over benefit of flu jabs for elderly people
-Brown and johnson highlight pharmacy roles
-Conference event focuses on interprofessional working
-Independent prescriber starts clinic in own pharmacy
-Pharmacy law group: conserve part-time workforce
-Detemir presents mixed blessing for type 2 diabetes
-New data support HPV vaccination programme

BNF and BNFC — drug information designed for your pocket and desktop 344-345
The British National Formulary has grown enormously since the launch of its current incarnation in 1981 as a medicines handbook, rather than a recipe book. Mike Thompson looks at some of the changes that have taken place over the years
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Products   346-347

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Products   346
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Discontinued products
-Supply issues
-Products miscellany
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Announcements   346-347
-Neupro
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Broad Spectrum   348

Why locums are an endangered species 348
By Stephen Goundrey-Smith
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Letters   349-353

-Retention fees
-CPD
-The profession
-Drug misuse
-Community pharmacy
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Articles   354-356

Chronic pain management: advances 354-356
Andrew Dickman describes selected aspects of the neurophysiology of pain and discusses several products in clinical development
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   357-360

Recent articles

Breast cancer
Treatment of early breast cancer   357-360
In a second article on breast cancer, Sandra Melville and Lucy Heycock give an insight into the use of chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab, and describe how these fit in to an overall breast cancer treatment plan
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Reviews   361

Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Osteoporotic pots, syphilitic ceramics and other conversation pieces 361
Lin-Nam Wang previews a temporary exhibition opening at the museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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Glow-worm   362

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Depressing demise of the Iberian lynx 362
For several years now, wildlife advocates have been urging members of the public to purchase wine and champagne bottled with real cork rather than synthetic stoppers in order to help prevent the Iberian lynx from becoming extinct
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The delights of smoke-free pubs 362
As part of my introduction to the non-academic side of university life, I was supplied by the students’ union with a guidebook. A sizeable section contained a guide to 100 pubs in the central Birmingham area, given marks out of five, for a variety of reasons, but the main one was the quality of the beer. And so myself and a few friends set about exploring the licensed premises, and an appreciation of real ale was born
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Beware of awareness weeks! 362
Recently I received from my local primary care trust notification of an event due to take place this month, named “Know your numbers week”, aimed at raising public awareness of blood pressure. This prompted me to reflect upon the various promotional days or weeks nominated by charities and organisations to raise the profile of their particular vested interest
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Society's Open Day: members come to visit, look and question 363-364
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Pharmacy 2020
As pharmacy moves towards 2020, will it remain a profession of equals? 365-366
In this ninth and final article leading up to a consultation about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Pharmacy 2020 project, Clive Jackson, chief executive at the National Prescribing Centre, lists the questions to be considered in developing a cohesive, effective strategy for the profession
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Obituaries & tributes 367-368

Obituaries
-Ainsworth
-Clark
-Hannah
-Newey
-Williams
-Wood

Tributes
-Ainsworth
-Clark
-Newey
-Timmins

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 367
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Society meetings 368
-Museum family open day (24 October)
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Future events 347
-Type 2 diabetes (2 October)
-Palliative care (12 October)
-CLOT study day (12 October)
-Care homes (19 October)
-Adolescent health (25 October)
-Cachexia conference (23 November)
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Resources 346
-Cardiovascular risk
-Mental health
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Corrections 347
-Servier awards
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