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533 Period of treatment fee suspension extended Reinstatement
of the period of treatment fee from April has been refused by the Department
of Health ...[more]
533 Tests of necessity and desirability remain valid for new contracts The
Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee does not want to see any change to the tests of
necessity or desirability that applications for new National Health Service pharmacy contracts
have to pass...[more]
533 Work starts on new pharmacy contract Work has begun in earnest
on the development of a new National Health Service contract for community pharmacy...[more]
534 Vet medicines
monopoly to be broken Veterinary surgeons
will have to comply with new requirements in order to break the complex
monopoly over the supply of prescription medicines for animals...[more]
534 GPs' concern over Labour's plans for free prescriptions in Wales General
practitioners in Wales have expressed concern that their surgeries may be overloaded with extra
work if prescription charges are abolished in Wales...[more]
535 Self-testing of INR
may be alternative to attending anticoagulant clinics Self-testing
of international normalised ratio (INR) may be a safe alternative to laboratory
testing for patients
taking warfarin, researchers conclude...[more]
535 Give Levonelle as a single dose Levonorgestrel (Levonelle) should be given as a single stat dose for emergency contraception, not as two doses 12 hours apart, according to the author of an editorial in the BMJ...[more]
535 Flexiscript to suspend ETP pilot Flexiscript, one of three
consortia selected by the Department of Health to test the electronic transmission of prescriptions
(ETP), is to suspend its pilot in Peterborough...[more]
535 SIGN advises
on childhood obesity...[more]
535 MRSA in "clean" hospitals...[more]
535 Xigris improves
quality of life...[more] |
OFT New Charter proposal
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533 PSNC calls
for fuller Charter consultation Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society should have been consulted before any decision was taken to
seek a new Royal Charter for the Society, the PSNC has said. It also
wants consultation on a draft charter after it has been considered
by the Council...[more]
OFT report news & related links (more)
534 City council support for plans to open up pharmacy market Manchester
City Council has passed a motion giving qualified support to plans to change the regulations
governing pharmacy contracts...[more]
536 Human genome
sequenced two years ahead of schedule Two years ahead
of schedule the human genome has been sequenced, the International
Human Genome Consortium announced earlier this week...[more]
536 Gold rush
mentality delays medicines development, says Royal Society The
free flow of scientific information is being restricted by the current
system for granting patents in the United Kingdom, according to the Royal
Society...[more]
536 UK lags behind
in HER2 testing...[more]
537 Retail pharmacy
staff now benefit from NHS funding Community pharmacy staff
in Surrey are benefiting from National Health Service training monies
through a scheme funded by the local NHS workforce development confederation...[more]
537 New chairman
appointed for CSM...[more]
538 No leading
drug for type 2 nephropathy Patients with type 2 diabetic
nephropathy have similar overall cardiovascular outcomes whether they
are treated with irbesartan (Aprovel), amlodipine (Istin) or placebo,
a new analysis suggests...[more]
538 Vigorous
exercise helps prevent premature death Only regular vigorous
exercise, such as jogging, hiking and stair climbing, is likely to stave
off an early death from heart disease, say researchers, throwing doubt
on current recommendations that daily moderate exercise can help protect
against premature death...[more] |
