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3 Patients to have new role in improving methotrexate safety, says NPSA Patients are
to play a greater part in preventing medication errors involving methotrexate as part of a package
of
measures announced by the National Patient Safety Agency on 4 July ...more
3 Boots to sell a number of stores Boots The Chemists has
announced that it is to sell a number of stores...more
3 Roche launches fusion inhibitor A new antiretroviral agent
enfuvirtide (Fuzeon) is launched in the United Kingdom this week by Roche...more
4 Finasteride reduces risk of prostate cancer but doubts remain over
its use Finasteride seems to prevent or delay the appearance of prostate cancer. However,
doubts over whether such cancers are clinically significant and concerns about finasteride's
effect on the growth of high-grade cancers lessen the attractiveness of the drug as a chemoprotective
agent...more
4 Medicine name changes go ahead The planned change from British Approved Names (BANs) to recommended International Nonproprietary Names (rINNs) at the end of the year has been confirmed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (PJ, 14 September 2002, p352). However, two BANs — adrenaline and noradrenaline — will remain in use in the United Kingdom...more
4 Research will look at community errors New
research into patient safety in community pharmacy is to be undertaken by the University of Manchester...more
4 OFT report still due out in middle of July Rosie
Winterton, new health minister with responsibility for pharmacy, has confirmed that the Government
is still hoping to produce its response to the Office of Fair Trading report into the control
of entry regulations by the end of this parliamentary session...more
5 Pharmacists' yellow card reports up but more to do Reporting
of adverse drug reactions by pharmacists via the yellow card scheme has increased over the past
12 months...more
5 MPs say medicines agency must take a broad view of its safety role An
influential Parliamentary committee says that the former Medicines Control Agency lacked dynamism
and took a narrow view of its role. The formation of the new Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency is seen as an opportunity to strengthen and clarify the agency's role...more
5 Mid Yorkshire trust gives £525,000 boost to clinical service Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is looking to recruit the equivalent of nine pharmacists and nine pharmacy technicians after having its £525,000 medicines management development strategy approved by the trust board...more
5 Hospital pharmacy staff up 9 per cent Hospital
pharmacy staff numbers in England rose by 9 per cent in 2002, according to National Health Service
figures...more
6 PSNC roadshows find contract ideas The
Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee roadshows to discuss the new contract have got
off to a good start, according to Alastair Buxton, head of National Health Service services at
the PSNC...more
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NEWS IN BRIEF
4 Prescribing training in Wales ...more
5 Moss reaches 800 branches ...more
8 NICE
issues guidance on health care-related infections ...more
8 Give vaccines early for otitis
media ...more
8 C-Reactive protein predicts stroke ...more
8 Dementia linked with insulin ...more
6 Scottish NHS Bill set out Proposed
legislation to restructure the health service in Scotland was announced last week...more
7 Parliamentary report recommends dermatology
training for pharmacists Pharmacists should receive better training to allow them to
help patients with skin disease, a report published this week by the All Party Parliamentary Group
on Skin recommends...more
7 COX-2s show promise outside rheumatology Cyclo-oxygenase-2
selective inhibitors (COX-2 inhibitors) could have uses outside arthritis, according to study
data presented at this year's European League Against Rheumatism meeting held in Lisbon...more
8 Consider ending epilepsy drugs when
seizure-free There is good reason to consider stopping antiepileptic medication in
adults who have been free of seizures for two years, according to the Drug and Therapeutics
Bulletin...more
8 New system for negligence claims A
consultation document proposing reforms to the way in which medical negligence claims are handled
by the National Health Service in England was published by the Chief Medical Officer Professor
Sir Liam Donaldson this week...more
9 Adherence could do more for health
than new drugs Improving adherence to medicines could do more for health outcomes
than the introduction of new technologies, according to the World Health Organization...more
9 Osteoporosis drugs go head to head Head-to-head
data on osteoporosis treatments were released at the National Osteoporosis Society conference
in Bath last week...more |
