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Pharmacists need a formal feedback system for
reporting medication errors Hospital pharmacists need to establish
routine and formal feedback systems for reporting medication errors,
according to Bryony Dean, director of the Academic Pharmacy Unit at Hammersmith
Hospitals NHS Trust, London...[more]
Period-of-treatment fee to go? The
Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has accepted proposals
from the Department of Health to remove the threshold-quantity fee for
the remainder of the financial year (2002–03) to avoid building
an overpayment against the global sum...[more]
PGEU expresses its concerns over PILs The
Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union has added its voice to concerns
about the Government's intention to amend legislation on copyright to
allow community pharmacists to download or photocopy patient information
leaflets (PILs)...[more]
NPA tells Department of Health not to change
supervision rules for pharmacy The National Pharmaceutical
Association has told the Department of Health that it supports proposals
to make better use of community pharmacy staff but says that the Department
should not change things so much that pharmacies are allowed to operate
without a pharmacist present...[more]
Minister visits NPA headquarters David Lammy, Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State for Health, visited the headquarters of the National
Pharmaceutical Association earlier this week to see the services that
the NPA provides to its members...[more]
Insulin glargine an option for diabetes, says
NICE Insulin glargine has been recommended as a treatment
option for people with type 1 diabetes by the National Institute for
Clinical Excellence...[more]
MCA refutes incompetence allegation over Yasmin
advertisement withdrawal The Medicines Control Agency maintains
that it acted swiftly to secure voluntary withdrawal of an advertisement
for the oral contraceptive Yasmin (ethinylestradiol with drospirenone)
after a complaint, and has refuted a claim that it had been incompetent...[more]
Health Which? raises concerns over home test kits A number of home testing kits should be withdrawn from the market, according to a report in this month's issue of Health Which?...[more]
Pharmacists can educate parents about risks
associated with iron deficiency Pharmacists and other health
care professionals should be aware of the risks associated with iron
deficiency in infants and can help educate parents about the problem...[more]
CPP coat of arms "step to royal status" A
grant of arms has been made to the College of Pharmacy Practice by The
Lord Lyon King of Arms...[more]
Levonorgestrel not more effective than mifepristone There
are no differences in pregnancy rates between women who take levonorgestrel
and those who use mifepristone for emergency contraception, researchers
say. In addition, a single dose of levo-norgestrel can be used as a substitute
for a split-dose regimen...[more]
Levocetirizine superior to desloratadine for
allergic rhinitis? Levocetirizine (Xyzal) is more effective
than desloratadine (NeoClarityn) at controlling the symptoms of seasonal
allergic rhinitis, researchers report...[more]
Lord Hunt announces changes to NICE The
National Institute for Clinical Excellence is to set up a web-based system
that will allow people to propose topics for appraisal...[more]
CHI will examine trusts' performance on prescribing Prescribing
of generic drugs and antibiotics are two of the provisional indicators
being considered by the Commission for Health Improvement as measures
of primary care trust performance...[more]
Praise for Norfolk trust pharmacy services The
Commission for Health Improvement has highlighted pharmacy services at
Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust as an area of notable practice,
despite finding that other areas of the trust need considerable improvement...[more]
All pharmacists in England will be sent MeReC
from this week All pharmacists in England will receive the MeReC
Bulletin and MeReC Extra with The Journal from this week onwards...[more] |
