The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 280 pp643-674 No 7504
31 May 2008

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Leading Articles   644

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Life and times of Mr Clarke 644
The independent inquiry into the future professional body for pharmacy was chaired by Nigel Clarke. The vast majority of people who had any dealings with the inquiry team or the process believe a good job has been done. The inquiry recommended that the next stage of the process should be the establishment of a transitional committee charged with establishing a prospectus for the new body, among other responsibilities. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council has adopted that recommendation
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Waiting for supervision 644
It sounds a bit like a Beckett play — Waiting for supervision — but it is hard not to draw the conclusion from the Department of Health’s response to the consultation on the responsible pharmacist that many people are still waiting for the consultation on supervision (due to start towards the end of 2008). Then more pieces of the jigsaw might fall into place and pharmacists in all the UK countries will have a better understanding of what the future of pharmacy might look like
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News & Features   645-649

News summary  645-648
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Lead stories
-Nearly half want pharmacists to stay in pharmacies
-Pandemic flu legislation changes supported
-Nigel Clarke chosen to chair Transitional Committee
-On-call payments adjustment postponed
-Search for RX Factor
-NICE advocates diabetes education
-Trusts' safety alert responses variable, study shows
-Opposition to EU plan to ban medicines repackaging

Only two hours’ absence to be allowed 649
The Government’s initial decisions following the responsible pharmacist consultation are limited and have been met with mixed reactions from pharmacy organisations. Debbie Andalo reports
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Products   650-651

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Products   650
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Products miscellany
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Drug tariff updates   650
-England and Wales
-Hydrocortisone tablets
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Announcements   651
-Janssen-Cilag address
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Broad Spectrum   652

Make sure the library is not forgotten in the debate stimulated by Clarke 652
By Barry Strickland-Hodge
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Letters   653-656

-New professional body
-Minimise errors
-Council election
-The profession
-Dispensing doctors
-Unwanted pregnancy
-The Journal
-Pharmacy robots
-Locum pharmacists
-Pharmacy in academia
-Adverse reactions
-Minority languages
-The Society
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Interview   657-658

Colette McCreedy’s thoughts on Europe  657-658
The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union — which champions community pharmacy in Europe — recently issued a policy statement on pharmacy’s role in improving patient adherence to medicines. Colette McCreedy from the National Pharmacy Association spoke to Matthew Wright about her work with the PGEU, before the document’s launch
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Articles   659-661

Parallel trade
Negotiating the parallel imports rules 659-661
The final article in the series looks at the rules governing the sale of parallel-imported products. A thorough grounding in the procedures can help importers to maximise their market share by avoiding legal challenges to their trade, according to Cathal Gallagher and Richard O’Neill
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Prescribing and medicines management   

Prescribing and Medicines Management resources

Patients taking warfarin: problems revealed by medicines use reviews 662, 667
Susan Youssef, a community pharmacist who has been performing medicines use reviews at Dean and Smedley pharmacy in Derby, shares some of her experiences of MURs with patients taking warfarin
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   663-666

Recent articles

Advising women with hirsutism   663-666
Hirsutism is estimated to affect up to 15 per cent of women. Christine Clark gives an overview of its diagnosis and management
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Accola   668

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Half a millennium of ceiling splendour 668
Five hundred years ago, Michelangelo Buonarroti was in the initial stages of his work decorating the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. Having first mounted the scaffolding on 10 May 1508, he was to spend hours at a time on his back in arduous single-handed labour for nearly four years
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An essentially English humour 668
“Ahh. Oh dear. Mm. Oh dear, oh dear. Ahh, dear me. Ahh. Stone me, what a life.” This series of groans, the opening line of an episode of Hancock’s Half-Hour, was treasured by the viewing public of the late 1950s. Tony Hancock was able to clear the streets like few others, as families gathered to watch each eagerly awaited BBC programme
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The curious fifth element of taste 668
Sweet, sour, bitter, salty — and umami. In 1908, Professor Kikunae Ikeda of Tokyo University identified the material he isolated from a kelp broth as glutamic acid. He found that its salt monosodium glutamate (MSG) gave an enhanced and meaty flavour to vegetable dishes and he named the crystals umami (Japanese for savoury or meaty)
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
For accounts and annual review, see Society website
Journal AGM reports

Young members urged to help shape pharmacy’s future 669
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Funding members’ needs is paramount to success 670
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AGM debate emphasises need to listen to members 671
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New annual report on fitness-to-practise matters 671
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Assurance on involving others in decisions on new body 672
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President’s final message: members must change 672
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Charter medals: Soraya Dhillon and Christine Heading 673
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Gift and tributes as President retires from Council 673
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Obituaries & tributes 674

Obituaries
-Shepherd
-Stead

Tribute
-Shepherd

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 674
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Future events 651
-BPSA meeting (19 July)
-PPD open days (June/July)
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Reunions 651
-School of Pharmacy (12 June)
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Awards 651
-Care of armed forces
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Resources 651
-Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
-Medical Research Service
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