The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 280 pp703-734 No 7506
14 June 2008

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Leading Articles   704

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Ethical passivity 704
Pharmacists come in for some criticism this week from researchers because they do not rely on their training or the code of ethics when faced with a dilemma but use their common sense, experience and their religious beliefs when making a decision. Worse than that, pharmacists were found most likely to make a decision based on protecting themselves from discipline or prosecution. All this requires exploring
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Staying focused on what really matters 704
Steve Churton, the new President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, gives his first interview to The Journal this week
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News & Features   705-712

News summary  705-712
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Lead stories
-Pharmacists should support GPs, says new report
-Churchill tribute to pharmacist discovered
-Think tank criticises health minister's polyclinics plan
-New system will measure PCT commissioning performance
-Pharmacists found to make poor ethical decisions
-Avoid contaminated Clexance for pregnant women, says MHRA
-NHS Scotland has access to seven more medicines
-Debate rumbles on over intensive glycaemic control
-Tailor care plan according to disease's impact on patients' day-to-day lives, says COPD expert
-Antispasmodic launched for overactive bladder syndrome
-Avoid antioxidant supplements during chemo- and radiotherapy

Products   713

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Products   713
-New medicines
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Recalls and alerts   713
-Scheriproct ointment 30g
-Clexane syringes
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Announcements   713
-Neupro patches
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Broad Spectrum   714

Why including lay members makes professional bodies more influential 714
By Michael Schofield
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Letters   715-718

-New professional body
-Labelling
-Anticoagulants
-The Society
-Dispensing doctors
-Interferon
-Pharmacy in academia
-The Journal
-Combivent
-Repeat prescriptions
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Agenda   719

Agenda articles

Achieving integrated care in 2020 — the importance of shared values   719
The recent White Paper for pharmacy in England may prove to be the most important English pharmacy policy document since the Nuffield Foundation’s seminal study on pharmacy in the 1980s. But to achieve its potential the White Paper must be translated into the delivery of better services and demonstrably improved health outcomes
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Interview   720

Steve Churton promises tangible outputs while President of the Society   720
In his first interview with The Journal since being elected President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Steve Churton spoke to Hannah Pike
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Meetings   721-722

Reports index

European Association of Pharmaceutical Full-time Wholesalers (GIRP)
Intensive wholesaling: who should pay? 721-722
Accessibility of medicines and remuneration were central to the discussions at a recent meeting, reports Matthew Wright
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   723-726

Recent articles

Giving advice on breastfeeding   723-726
Wendy Jones explains breastfeeding and looks at common problems presented to pharmacists
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Footler   727

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Watercress: 200 years of a great British teatime treat 727
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first watercress farm in Britain. It was opened by William Bradbury in 1808 at Springhead, Northfleet, near Gravesend in Kent
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Dinosaur trees and early fossil flowers 727
The Wollemi pine, also known as the dinosaur tree, was thought to be long extinct until David Noble of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service abseiled into a largely undisturbed narrow canyon less than 100 miles from Sydney and discovered a strange tree he did not recognise
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Transparency please: the story of colour film 727
One of the latest “in” words for politicians and those who report on their activities is “transparency”. At last, it seems, our leaders have realised that we want to know much more about what they previously considered to be none of our business. Some observers seek “radical transparency”, in which all documents, discussions and decisions are made public — no secrets, no hidden agenda, everything in the open. They fear a lack of transparency can lead to corruption
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Why is Beryl blue? 727
Captain (later Vice-Admiral) Robert Fitzroy sailed with Charles Darwin on HMS Beagle. While reading an account of his life I came across a description of a glacier with ice of “Beryl blue”. Who is this Beryl, I wondered? And what makes her blue?
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June Council meeting
Council meeting reports

June Council meeting 728
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Council agrees that certain cases need not be referred to the Society’s Investigating Committee 728
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Branch observers may not attend Council’s confidential sessions 729
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Society has a duty to secure a professional future, says newly elected President 729
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Transitional Committee 729
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The President’s address to the Council after his election 730
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BRANCH REPRESENTATIVES' MEETING

Society should help make MURs more professional 731
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BRM asks Society to encourage preregistration training providers to increase the opportunities for cross-sector experience for trainees 731
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Overseas pharmacists should have to prove their competence in the English language, BRM decides 732
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Easy-access medicine packs sought for patients with manual dexterity problems 732
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Society asked to support harmonisation of accreditations by primary care organisations 732
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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 733-734
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Alteration to the Byelaws: Fees payable to the Society 734
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Fees to be paid by pharmacy technicians 734
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Obituaries & tributes 734

Obituaries
-Didsbury
-Harris

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 734
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Society meetings 733
-Ophthalmic drug delivery (30 June)
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