The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 pp515-546 No 7477
10 November 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Articles   516

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Virtues of transparency... 516
Let us hope that the members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, however grudgingly, accept the explanation put forward by the Treasurer that has enabled the Council to decide to peg the increase in the practising retention fee to just below 40 per cent, as opposed to the 50 per cent increase recommended in the summer
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... and the shortcomings of obfuscation 516
While on the subject of transparency, The Journal wishes that it could highlight that a similar openness was being exercised by the pharmaceutical industry
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News & Features   517-524

News summary  517-522
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Lead stories
-Council agrees to reduce size of retention fee increase
-Tremendous role for pharmacy in new polyclinics, Darzi declares
-Birmingham pharmacies to help cut infant mortality
-Heart failure deaths in elderly not reduced by statin
-£350k deep clean funding to go to Kent hospital
-Scottish contract payments dependent on training

Can the NHS buy fair access to drugs? 523
As a parliamentary committee concludes its inquiry into the work of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Tom Moberly looks at some of the issues raised over the course of the inquiry and the problems to be overcome if the NHS is to provide fair access to resources and medicines
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Responsible pharmacist
Qualifications and experience needed to become a responsible pharmacist 524
The consultation on the responsible pharmacist regulations looks at issues around absence from the pharmacy as well as the qualifications and experience needed to be a responsible pharmacist. Dawn Connelly reports
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Products   525

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Products   525
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Counter products
-Discontinued products
-Supply issues
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Recalls   525
-Atenolol
-Bisacodyl
-Ibuprofen
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Broad Spectrum   526-527

Why knock the National Treatment Agency? Look at its successes! 526
By Terry Maguire
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Responsible pharmacist
The “responsible pharmacist” — good for pharmacists and good for patients 527
By Tony Schofield
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Letters   528-531

-Retention fees
-Concessionar fees
-Pack sizes
-Prescribing
-Controlled Drugs
-Hospital infections
-Wholesalers
-Locum pharmacy
-BPC
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Meetings   532, 537

Reports index

Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group
What the drug industry thinks about the concept of risk management 532, 537
Joseph Chamberlain reports on what industry representatives think about risk assessment in analytical applications and specific risk areas
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   533-536

Recent articles

Code of ethics
When confidences should be kept and what constitutes an exception   533-536
In the final article of a series on the 2007 code of ethics, Joy Wingfield discusses the issues around confidentiality and privacy, and how they affect professional boundaries
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Articles   538-539

Landmark drugs
Inderal — a forerunner of a radically new generation of products 538-539
In the second article in a series on landmark drugs, Jenny Bryan discusses the development of Inderal (propranolol) and beta-blockers, and looks at how Inderal was a major advancement in the treatment of hypertension and why it has slowly been superseded by other, newer agents
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Glow worm   540

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Is menhaden the most important fish? 540
A lot has been said and written about over-fishing around the world and of the need to encourage diners to switch to species of fish that are more sustainable. Some species are being renamed to make them sound more palatable. For example, the humble pilchard is now the Cornish sardine, while the slimehead has been renamed the orange roughy. One leading retailer has seen sales of the Torbay sole increase dramatically since changing its name from the witch fish
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Do you have any Mandarin? 540
At school I became reasonably fluent in French and German and was advised to take Latin as minority subject as it might have been useful in the study of pharmacy. (I ignored the advice and my pharmacy career did not suffer.)
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Never judge a book by its cover 540
Literary columnist Katy Guest, in a recent article on the Man Booker Prize long list, drew comparisons not only on the style and content of the various works, but also on the cover designs. It may seem futile to think that cover design could have any bearing upon the outcome of the prize itself, yet publishers go to great lengths and expense to ensure that the covers of their publications are striking to the eye and, more importantly, memorable
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November Council meeting
Council meeting reports

Council agrees to reduce fees for 2008 originally proposed in July 541
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SOCIETY NEWS

2008 retention fee collection process due to begin next week 542
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Scotland welcomes newly qualified pharmacists bto the profession 542
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James Clappison MP visits Council member Graham Phillips's Hertfordshire pharmacy during lung cancer awareness month 543
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Society and Sense About Science hold fourth reception543
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Arden House Conference: driving innovation 543
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Pharmacists at the front line in early detection of lung cancer 544
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Medicines, Ethics and Practice: a guide for pharmacists
MEP page

November 2007 amendments 542
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
Ensuring adequate professional indemnity insurance cover for professional activities 544
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Official notices 2001 to present

Alteration to the Byelaws: Fees payable to the Society 545
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Fees to be paid by pharmacy technicians 545
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Obituaries & tributes 546

Obituaries
-Craine
-Hirst
-Logsdon
-Wallace

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 545-546
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Society meetings 546
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