Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice
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The eighth annual Health Services Research and
Pharmacy Practice conference took place in Leeds on April 11 and
12. Imogen Savage describes some of the highlights of the meeting
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Debate centres on whether pharmacy
practice research has enough legs A motion that research has
little influence on the development of pharmacy practice was the contentious
topic debated at this year's Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice
conference...[more]
Target NSAIDs and aspirin to cut drug-related
hospital admissions Gastrointestinal bleeds in people on non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs and low-dose aspirin are a common and preventable
cause of hospital admission, say researchers from Queens Medical Centre,
Nottingham...[more]
Inadequate patient leaflets fail the EU user
test Three widely used patient information leaflets —
for the "morning after pill" Levonelle and a branded (Adalat) and generic
(Norton) nifedipine preparation — have failed a European Union-recommended
user test...[more]
NHS Direct information points in pharmacies —
a waste of time? ...[more]
Pharmacists unsure about ETP benefits ...[more]
Belfast consumers "willing to pay" for medicine
risk services ...[more]
Risk calculator helps patients make up their
minds ...[more]
Pharmacists rate PIANA ...[more]
An evidence base for child doses ...[more]
A health development resource ...[more]
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