The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 pp389-422 No 7473
13 October 2007

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Leading Articles   390

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Compromising patient safety 390
Will patient safety be under threat, following the implementation of EU Directive 2005/36/EC? For those people not in the know, the Directive, which comes into force next week, will allow professionals from the European Economic Area and Switzerland, whose qualifications are recognised in their home countries, to practise in any other EEA country
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Beat consultation fatigue, take part now! 390
Consultation fatigue may soon set in for pharmacists (with a consultation on the future of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and another on the responsible pharmacist looming). But, before it does, they should try to participate in Pharmacy 2020
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News & Features   391-396

News summary  391-396
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Lead stories
-No CPD for temporary foreign pharmacists in UK
-No need to restrict pseudoephedrine sales to pharmacists, Society says
-CCA does not trust PCTs to hold pharmacy money
-150 health centres on Government agenda for primary care provision
-SMC accepts respiratory therapies
-New “orange book” advises on drug dependence
-Regulators, companies and safety groups need to collaborate more

Products   397

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Products   397
-SPC changes
-Discontinued products
-Products miscellany
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Anouncements   397
-Drugs Licensing Unit
-Prescribing Services Unit
-Medicines management
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Drug tariff update   397
-England and Wales
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Broad Spectrum   398

Residential care homes should have contracts with community pharmacists 398
By Miall James
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Letters   399-403

-Lobbying
-Safety
-Supervision
-The profession
-Retention fees
-Benevolent fund
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Articles   404-406

Landmark drugs
Ventolin remains a breath of fresh air for asthma sufferers, after 40 years 404-405
In the first article in a series on landmark drugs, Jenny Bryan retells the history of Ventolin and explains why it still plays a major role in the treatment of asthma
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Taking extra care with corticosteroids 406
Beth Hird discusses safety issues associated with corticosteroids and how pharmacists can promote the safer use of these medicines
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Meetings   407-409

Reports index

Reducing medication errors 2007
Automate to improve patient safety 407
Participants at a conference heard about methods used to manage risk and improve patient safety in clinical practice. Dawn Connelly reports
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Global health, justice and the brain drain
How global health ethics and plugging the brain drain apply to pharmacy 408-409
A one-day conference brought together practitioners and academics across disciplines and from around the world to discuss global health ethics. Rebecca Shah, who organised the conference, reports
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Onlooker   410

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Our ubiquitous umbellifer 410
Parsley, the umbelliferous plant, has an almost incredible history both in medicine and in the domestic economy. It has been said that, with the exception of the apple, it has been the focus of more superstitious beliefs than any other common inhabitant of our gardens
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Paying attention to medicine side effects 410
A comment by the UK-based charity APRIL (Adverse Psychiatric Reactions Information Link) in the 15 September 2007 issue of New Scientist makes some pungent observations on the toll taken by adverse reactions to drugs
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Exploiting the world's seas 410
The present arguments over who possesses remote parts of the earth and the oceans seems to me to partake of sheer madness, reminiscent of the age-old, would-be empire builders. There is a comment in the 9 August 2007 issue of Nature that examines aspects of the situation
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How we became the British Isles 410
It has been argued that half a million years ago the event or events occurred that virtually separated our island from mainland Europe. There is an account in the 19 July 2007 issue of Nature describing how probably this all happened
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   411-414

Recent articles

Code of ethics
Consent: the heart of patient respect  411-414
In the second article of a series discussing the 2007 Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, Joy Wingfield looks at the new requirements concerning consent and the capacity to consent
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October Council meeting
Council meeting reports

October Council meeting 416
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Council decides restricting sale of pseudoephedrine would be overkill 415
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Society will be a signatory to EEA fitness-to-practise memorandum 416
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Honorary membership presented to Fidrun Podczeck 416
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Council will not proceed with appraisal pilot 416
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More regulations gazetted 416
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SOCIETY NEWS

President calls on members to take part in the Society's Pharmacy 2020 consultation 417
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Symposium will ask: can infectious diseases be brought under control? 417
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Official notices 2001 to present

Regulations to fully supersede Byelaw Sections III, IV, V, VII, XV, XVI and the Second Schedule of the Byelaws and to partially supersede Section II of the Byelaws 418-420
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Statutory Committee decisions 421
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Disciplinary Committee decisions 421
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Disciplinary Committee: interim order 421
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Obituaries & tributes 422

Obituaries
-Beaman
-Griffiths
-Hendra
-Northwood
-Tittershill
-Williams

Tribute
-Hendra

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 421-422
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Future events 397
-Health and social care (7 November)
-MUR accreditation day (18 November)
-Information prescriptions (21 November)
-FIP conference (26-27 November)
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Awards 397
-Health and social care
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Wants 397
-Alcohol misuse study
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Resources 397
-KSF resources
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