The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 pp455-484 No 7475
27 October 2007

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Leading Article   456

Opportunity to be creative 456
By the time readers receive their next issue of The Journal, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council will have decided at what level to set the retention fees for individual pharmacists for 2008. Although members may hope that the Council will make huge concessions in response to their outcry, the reality is that it has relatively little room to manoeuvre, as the Treasurer has explained in these pages on a number of occasions since the announcement was made in August 2007
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News & Features   457-463

News summary  457-463
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Lead stories
-Consultation on responsible pharmacist launched
-Trust's ratings improve with support from pharmacy initiatives
-Talks address whether patients may be able to register for Healthspace at pharmacies
-Society attacks EEA prescriptions
-Initiative aims to encourage men to use pharmacies
-Patients should be more involved in insulin choice
-Anti-TNFs accepted by NICE for rheumatoid arthritis
-Interim CD guidance for England
-Chest infection complications reduced by antibiotics

Products   464-465

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Products   464
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Discontinued products
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Announcements   465
-Learning@lunch
-The PHARMAs
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Recalls   465
-Steripaste
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Letters   466-467

-Fees consultation
-Community pharmacy
-Pack sizes
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Vision for pharmacy   468

Vision for pharmacy articles

Pharmacy sports injuries clinic kicks off 468
Last week, Bobby Mehta, a community pharmacist and independent prescriber, saw his first patient at a sports injuries and acute pain clinic he has set up at Alliance Pharmacy in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. Dawn Connelly finds out how the clinic was developed and what it involves
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Original papers   469-471

Drug history errors in the acute medical assessment unit quantified by use of the NPSA classification 469-471
By Stuart Rees, Peter Thomas, Ashit Shetty and Kehinde Makinde
Aim — To determine the extent and quantify the importance of medication history errors made during the clerking of patients being admitted to an acute medical assessment unit (AMAU)
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Articles   472-473

Developing an interest in pharmacy practice research — where to now? 472-473
In this article, Linda Sheldrake, research strategy co-ordinator, and Beth Allen, research programme co-ordinator, at the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust, explain how the trust’s awards and bursaries offer one route to overcoming barriers in accessing academia and practice research
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Meetings   474, 479

Reports index

United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group
Raise profile of mental health pharmacy 474, 479
Mental health pharmacy improves medicines management but more of it needs to be established. Justine Raynsford reports
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   475-478

Recent articles

Chest infections in the community   475-478
Sarah Marshall gives an overview of acute bronchitis and community-acquired pneumonia and how the two conditions are treated
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Merlin   480

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Insecurity of medical data 480
Computer technology continues to advance, and one of the biggest forms of advance has been in the storage of data
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What does it mean to live on a pittance? 480
The phrase “to live on a pittance” is usually taken to mean having little money. Some people refer to their state pension as a pittance and it is, in those circumstances, used almost as a term of derision. But what is a pittance?
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Our hidden heritage of private libraries 480
Among our country's hidden treasures is its chain of independent subscription libraries. They constitute a little-known but important segment of our cultural heritage
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An unwelcome import 480
I became aware of another potential threat to my beloved collection of cacti
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Leadership and innovation will bring benefits to all pharmacists 481
In this article, the President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Hemant Patel, explains why the development of a new professional body for pharmacy will provide benefits for pharmacists in all sectors and is a wonderful opportunity for the profession
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The staff pension scheme — questions answered 482-483
As a result of the many comments received through the letters pages of The Journal, the trustees of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s staff pension scheme and Bernard Kelly, the Society’s director of finance, comment on the current situation facing the scheme
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National pharmacy boards
Welsh Pharmacy Board agrees to lend support to development of All-Wales Mental Health Network 483
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Obituaries & tributes 484

Obituaries
-Dobson
-Hawkin
-Jodrell
-Laws
-Oliver
-Thomas
-Trigger

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 484
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Future events 465
-IT conference (6 November)
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