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Suicide prevention strategy considers safety
warnings for OTC packaging The Government is to consider introducing
safety warnings on packs of over-the-counter aspirin and paracetamol to
highlight the dangers of overdose as part of its National Suicide Prevention
Strategy...[more]
Welsh pharmacy strategy released
The draft Welsh pharmacy strategy was published on 24 September...[more]
NPA to advise on pet dispensing Advice
to community pharmacists on dispensing animal medicines is to be published
by the National Pharmaceutical Association in November...[more]
Most pharmacists see a clinical future
An overwhelming majority of community pharmacists believe that their future
lies in clinical practice and direct patient care...[more]
Bedtime aspirin could help prevent pre-eclampsia
and premature labour Taking low-dose aspirin before going to
bed can decrease a woman's risk of developing pre-eclampsia and lessen
her chances of a pre-term birth, according to the results of an American
study...[more]
Importers can repack medicines without breaching
trademark rights Parallel importers can repack medicines which
have centrally issued European marketing authorisations in order to match
the manufacturer's packaging in destination member states...[more]
NSAID use could reduce Alzheimer's risk
Alzheimer's disease is less prevalent in people with a history of non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use, according to the results of an American
study...[more]
MMR uptake rate falls MMR vaccination
uptake among children in England has dropped just over 3 percentage points
since last year, according to the Government's latest immunisation statistics...[more]
Advice on thrombolytics in acute MI
Draft guidance on thrombolytic drugs for patients suffering acute myocardial
infarction has been published by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence...[more]
Combination HRT raises stroke risk
The risk of stroke among women taking combination hormone replacement
therapy doubles after six months of therapy, researchers have found...[more]
2002-03 remuneration offer rejected
An opening offer of increased remuneration for 2002–03 for England
and Wales has been rejected by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating
Committee...[more]
NPA seeks meeting with Minister on violence
in community pharmacies A meeting with John Hutton, Minister
for Health, has been sought by the National Pharmaceutical Association
to discuss aggression against community pharmacy staff...[more]
UniChem launches Portfolio plan UniChem
has launched a scheme for total pharmacy management...[more]
Welsh groups look at safe prescribing
A partnership of four medicines organisations in Wales has been created
to advise on safe and effective prescribing...[more]
YPG to seek broad support for its views
Participants at a Young Pharmacists Group meeting expressed their concern
about the way the Society's modernisation programme has developed...[more]
Ombudsman rules against DoH and MCA over patient
information leaflets The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
(ombudsman) has ruled that the Department of Health and the Medicines
Control Agency were guilty of maladministration in their handling of the
requirement for all dispensed medicines to be accompanied by patient information
leaflets...[more]
Long-term HRT use can increase breast cancer
and stroke risk Women who take hormone replacement therapy
(HRT) for five years are more likely to contract a life-threatening disease
then be protected against one, a British study has concluded...[more]
NICE trastuzumab guidance questioned
The place of trastuzumab (Herceptin) monotherapy as a third-line treatment for patients with metastatic breast cancer is unclear, according to the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin ...[more]
New PSNC website...[more]
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