Leading Article 736 |
It’s Groundhog Day! 736
There is a strong theme underpinning many of the stories and articles that The Journal is carrying this week and, unfortunately, it is a theme that has been written about many times before. It is hard to see the end of these Groundhog Days — at least for community pharmacy in England — unless there is the real political will to intervene
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News & Features 737-744 |
News summary 737-743
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Lead stories
-Forcing polyclinics on PCTs at odds with DoH policy
-Patients and public not clear what pharmacy services are available
-Community pharmacy can fill gap in diabetes care left by GPs
-Review of private top-up of NHS drugs announced
-Orlistat set to be first Europe-wide POM-to-P switch
-PSNC calls for greater GP-pharmacist collaboration
-Unite rejects NHS pay deal but guild advises against strike action
-New National Cancer Intelligence Network to improve data collection
-UK academics study information quality and provision in Australia
Pharmacy denied a level playing-field 744
Debbie Andalo examines the conclusions of a report from the Audit and Healthcare Commissions into the shortcomings of commissioning
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POEMs 741 |
POEMs series
Oral prednisolone equals IV prednisolone for COPD exacerbation 741
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Products 745 |
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Products 745
-New medicines
-Prescription products
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Product recalls and alerts 745
-Metwest Pharmaceuticals diazepam tablets 5mg
-Implantable drug pumps for intrathecal therapy
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Drug tariff updates 745
-England and Wales, June 2008 prescriptions
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Broad Spectrum 746 |
The White Paper — time will tell if pharmacy is any further forward 746
By Stephen Goundrey-Smith
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Letters 747-750 |
-New professional body
-The Society
-The profession
-Ethics
-Pharmacy in academia
-Community pharmacy
-Medicines use review
-Breastfeeding
-Diabetes
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Agenda 751 |
Agenda articles
Time to ask some difficult questions 751
Georgina Craig, from the Company Chemists Association, reviews a report
on NHS reforms from the Audit Commission and Health Care Commission
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Interview 752 |
How does the NHS view pharmacists? 752
Clare Bellingham asks Ian Mullen, the chairman of an NHS board in Scotland,
what the NHS thinks of pharmacy
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Articles 753-754 |
Landmark drugs
Interferon: an important step forward in treating hepatitis C infection 753-754
Our series on landmark drugs continues with an article, by Jenny Bryan, looking at the application of interferon to the treatment of hepatitis
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Prescribing and medicines management |
Prescribing and
Medicines Management resources
How prescribing in oncology and haematology has led to patient benefit 755-756
Over 18 months ago, Vicki Clarke, an oncology and haematology pharmacist at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, took on a prescribing role. In this article, she shares her experiences so far
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Meetings 757-759 |
Reports index
Pharmacy Law and
Ethics Association
UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group
Consent and the new mental health law 757
Health professionals must ensure that their assumptions about a person’s lack of capacity are correct. Alan Nathan reports
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Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis
Group
Combating counterfeit medicines 758-759
A one-day symposium organised by the Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group looked at methods to detect counterfeit medicines, the current and prospective legislative position, and ways to combat counterfeiting. Joseph Chamberlain reports
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Didapper 761 |
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 Culling those carrot-crunching coypu 761
When I was but a lad, my school sent me to Suffolk for a week-long biology course at the Flatford Mill Field Centre. The centre is housed in the mill itself, a building recognisable to many because it features in several paintings by John Constable
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How ouzo may lead to better drugs 761
When my son was 13, one of his school friends joined us for a family holiday in an Auvergne farm cottage. After a two-day drive through France, we collected the cottage key from the farmer, who invited the boys into the farmhouse to practise their French and enjoy a drink while we adults unpacked. When they finally re-emerged, the boys could hardly walk straight
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Should St Alban replace St George? 761
This Sunday, 22 June 2008, is celebrated by Anglican, Catholic and Orthodox Christians as the feast day of St Alban, Britain’s first Christian martyr. It has often been suggested that St Alban should replace St George as the patron saint of England
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| The Society 762-763 |
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Eight members designated as fellows of Society 762
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Official notices 2001
to present
New fellows 763
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Disciplinary Committee 763
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Obituaries & tributes 763
Obituaries
-Campbell
-Kelland
-Riddelsdell
Tributes
-Riddelsdell
-Stead
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My career 764 |
Careers
 A hospital-based education pharmacist 764
Hospital pharmacy jobs are not always “straight-line careers”, writes Aamer Safdar, who relishes his detour into education
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| Diary
Diary / Health events
Branch meetings 763
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