North East London LPCs Conference
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This conference was organised by the North East
London LPCs and held on 6 and 7 April. Sultan Dajani reports
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Bids for local contracts must benefit patients and PCTs as well as community pharmacists
What are the key elements in
writing a successful LPS bid? Dr Darrin Baines, director medM,
commented that "pharmacy leaders are leading the profession down the wrong
path, which will have dire consequences for pharmacy as a business...[more]
The Vulnerable
People Scheme is gathering support The Vulnerable People Scheme
currently running in Hull was outlined by Hilary Edmondson, director of
Brockenhurst Chemist and Janet MacDonald, Hull and East Riding LPC...[more]
Identifying
unmet needs is an important issue in elderly patients In addressing
the issue of the elderly it is "not what we're doing but what unmet needs
can we plug?" said Sue Sharpe, chief executive, Pharmaceutical Services
Negotiating Committee...[more]
Primary
Care Quality Data project The Primary Care Informatics Group
has been working with MIQUEST (Morbidity Information and Export Syntax
— data extraction software) for four years, explained Simon De Lusignan,
senior lecturer, St George's Hospital, London...[more]
A
more proactive, formal approach to residential care homes is needed Despite
the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care, the Government
and two minority reports believe it is unfair that patients have free
health care in the community while patients in residential care have to
pay...[more]
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