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423 Scotland and Wales reject OFT report and
Westminster seeks compromise Both
the Scottish Executive and Welsh Assembly this week rejected outright
the Office of Fair Trading recommendation on deregulation of community
pharmacy...[more]
423 Scottish
remuneration up 3.9 per cent for 2003-04 Community pharmacy remuneration in Scotland is to rise by 3.9 per cent to £93.24m in 2003–04 ...[more]
424 Press to
be independent prescribers now or risk a long wait, warns Mackie Professor
Clare Mackie is urging the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council to
press the Government to include provisions for independent pharmacist
prescribing when legislative
changes are made to the National Health Service Act in October...[more]
424 Prescribing training moves closer for pharmacists in Scotland Funding
for supplementary prescribing training has been agreed in Scotland. It has also been announced
that the two Scottish schools of pharmacy have been commissioned to provide training...[more]
424 US acts against Canadian drug imports Action to stop patients
in the United States obtaining cut-price medicines from Canadian pharmacies is being taken by
the US Food and Drug Administration...[more]
424 Supplementary prescribing legal from next week Supplementary
prescribing by pharmacists and nurses will be a legal on 4 April but members of both professions
who wish to take up the new role will have to wait until they have been appropriately trained
before they can practise...[more]
425 NPC collaborative
improves drug use There is emerging evidence
that the first wave of the National Prescribing Centre's medicines management
collaborative is leading to "significant improvements" in a
range of medicines management activities...[more]
425 Many IV drug orders end in error As many as half of all
intravenous (IV) drug doses given in hospital are associated with an error, new research suggests...[more]
426 Healthy eating "5-a-day" logo
launched by DoH A
logo designed to remind people about the benefits of eating five portions
of fruit and vegetables a day has been launched by the Department of
Health...[more]
426 TB rates still rising Rates of tuberculosis (TB) in England
and Wales have risen again, according to new public health data...[more]
426 SSRI review stopped A Medicines Control Agency expert group
convened to review the safety of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) has been dissolved
after questions were raised about its membership...[more] |
427 Researchers
question need for routine liver function tests with statin therapy The
value of routine follow-up screening for statin-related toxicity
has been questioned by researchers...[more]
427 Manufacturer claims superior action for
new statin A new statin, rosuvastatin (Crestor), has been launched this week by
AstraZeneca , which, it claims, has superior action to others on the market...[more]
427 DTB advocates prescription of injectable adrenaline for children A
child with an allergy who has had a previous severe allergic reaction should be prescribed injectable
adrenaline as a precaution, according to the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin...[more]
428 International
guideline on pharmacy management of hay fever published A
guideline on the management of hay fever in pharmacies has been produced
by an international group of pharmacists and doctors...[more]
429 Steroids
show benefits in mild asthma A large international
trial has found that low-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) improve outcome
in children and adults with mild asthma...[more]
429 Steroid link with increased heart disease should not alarm patients Asthma
patients "should not be alarmed" about the results of a study linking steroid use with
an increased risk of heart disease...[more]
429 Inhaled drugs better than oral therapy Inhaled glucocorticoid
drugs are more effective than the newer anti-leukotriene tablets for adults with mild or moderate
asthma, according to a review by a Canadian researcher...[more]
430 New mothers
who do not return to work add to hospital staffing problems Increasing
numbers of hospital pharmacists and technicians who chose not to return
to work after taking maternity leave are adding to existing staffing
problems, according to a new survey...[more]
430 Extend services for drug misusers, say two reports Needle
and syringe exchange services and the provision of single-use citric acid sachets to drug misusers
should be extended, according to two reports examining schemes in Scotland...[more]
430 Wales should test central buying for primary care Centralised
procument of medicines for use in primary care should be tested in Wales, the Auditor General
for Wales has recommended, despite acknowledging the problems this might cause for community
pharmacies...[more] |
