The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 280 pp675-702 No 7505
7 June 2008

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Articles   676

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Engagement and inclusion 676
The Journal recently came across a young pharmacist in her late 20s who was not aware that the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is losing its regulatory function to the General Pharmaceutical Council or of the fall-out from that decision that has beset the profession over the past year. Is this something to be deplored, or to be amazed by? Or is it actually quite common?
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New era for single one-off dispensing errors 676
To the relief of many pharmacists whose lives have been made a misery in the past year or so by the seemingly draconian investigation of all mishaps in the pharmacy, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council has decided that the threshold criteria for the referral of cases to the Investigating Committee should be restricted to those where fitness to practise has been impaired
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News & Features   677-683

News summary  677-683
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Lead stories
-Less serious errors to be dealt with by inspectors
-Steve Churton elected as the Society's President by a narrow margin
-PSNC negotiations with Department of Health fall behind
-Society proposes inflation-only fee rise and staged payments
-Novartis strikes wholesaling deal
-Scottish collegiate sets out its key objectives
-PCT enhances its pharmacy diabetes services
-Cut redundant medicines in elderly cancer patients
-Prucalopride effective in severe chronic constipation, study shows
-New funds for pharmacist prescribing in Scotland

Pharmacies work to improve access 684
Community pharmacies in Scotland are being used to improve access to NHS services. Clare Bellingham finds out about the walk-in initiative
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Broad Spectrum   686-687

Antipsychotics in dementia: a team approach from pharmacy is needed 686
By Ian Maidment, Stephen Guy and Dave Branford
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Does the profession need a charter? 687
By Graham Phillips
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Letters   688-690

-New professional body
-Council election
-Training
-Pharmacy education
-Morphine/fentanyl
-Pharmacy robots
-Minority languages
-Evolution
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Articles   691-695

Cognitive enhancement in the pharmacy 691-693
As bodies like the British Medical Association and the UK Government’s Office for Science grapple with how to respond to the increasing demand for cognitive enhancers, what should pharmacists be considering? Danielle Turner reports
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Healthcare ethics and law
Enhancing capacities: right or wrong? 694-695
In the third article of a series looking at current matters in healthcare ethics and law, David Badcott and Joy Wingfield discuss the increasing use of cognitive and physical enhancers
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Meetings   696

Reports index

National Patient Safety Agency
Reducing harm — a work in progress 696
Reducing harm is a key priority for the NHS but it still has a long way to go to deliver this. Lisa Hitchen reports
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Prospector   697

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How you can boost your brain power 697
Training is the only way to improve sporting prowess but a new study reports that mental training can increase your intelligence quotient (IQ) score. And the harder you train, the more you can gain
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Logarithms — nature or nurture? 697
Scottish mathematician John Napier first “discovered” logarithms in 1614, but a recent study published in Nature suggests this counting scheme could be innate in all humans
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Untangling spiders’ silky secrets 697
Spider webs are truly a marvel of nature. Their construction uses techniques and materials that our greatest engineering minds have never matched — until now
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BRANCH REPRESENTATIVES' MEETING

Only pharmacists as full members of new body? 698
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BRM backs training for all pharmacy support staff 699
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Council asked to investigate likely future fees 699
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BRM seeks continued facility to pay Society fees by cheque 699
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Pharmacy’s new professional body should support BPSA 699
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BRM emphasises value of thriving branch structure for the future professional body 699
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Official notices 2001 to present

Proposed amendment to Rules: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Fees in Connection with the 2009 Registration Cycle) Rules 700
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Alteration to the Byelaws: Fees payable to the Society 700-701
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Fees to be paid by pharmacy technicians 701
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Disciplinary Committee 701
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Medicines, Ethics and Practice: a guide for pharmacists
MEP page

June 2008 amendments 702
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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 702
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Society meetings 702
-Equipping our students for a changing profession (10 November)
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Awards 685
-The PHARMAs
-Health Foundation
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Corrections 685
-Drug interactions
-Letters of congratulations
-Paul Brettle
-Society AGM
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