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3 Job profiles for hospital pharmacists are published National profiles for five hospital pharmacist roles under “Agenda for change” were published this week. It is expected that the majority of pharmacists’ jobs will be able to be matched to these five profiles
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3 Control
of entry changes report due shortly The report of the group
set up to advise the Government on how changes to the regulations governing
control of entry can be implemented in England is expected shortly ...more
3 Drug
injecting centre pilot Medically supervised injecting centres should be piloted in the UK to allow illicit drug users to inject safely in a clinical environment, say the authors of an article in this week’s BMJ
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4 No evidence
for practice of alternating doses of paracetamol and ibuprofen in children
with fever The practice of alternating doses of paracetamol
with ibuprofen to help control fever cannot be safely recommended, say
researchers ...more
4 Spending
rates for dementia drugs still vary Spending on anti-dementia
drugs continues to vary across the UK despite national guidance on the
use of these medicines ...more
4 US warning
on oseltamivir Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) should not be administered
to children younger than one year, according to a new warning issued
by the Food and Drug Administration in the US ...more
4 Pharmacists
urged to study opportunities in the new GP contract Pharmacists
working in community and primary care settings are being urged to study
the details of the new general medical services contract, published by
the Department of Health at the end of last year ...more
5 Aspirin
linked to greater risk of pancreatic cancer The risk of pancreatic
cancer in women is increased with long-term, regular aspirin use, according
to US researchers ...more
5 Seven
generics companies sued by NHS over allegation of price-fixing cartel
for penicillins Seven generics manufacturers are being sued
by the National Health Service in England over allegations that the companies
organised a cartel to fix the prices of penicillin-based medicines in
1998 and 1999 ...more
5 Specials
extension to supplementary prescribing Plans are being made
to extend the prescribing rights of supplementary prescribers to include
unlicensed medicines supplied as specials and extemporaneously dispensed
medicines ...more
5 Fraud
office unfair in handing over seized generics papers The Serious
Fraud Office acted unfairly in handing over papers seized from Kent Pharmaceuticals
to the Department of Health, the High Court has ruled ...more |
6 Conflict resolution
training offered to pharmacy staff Community pharmacists and
their staff are among frontline NHS workers who are in line for conflict
resolution training to be organised by the NHS Security Management Service
(SMS) ...more
6 Police inaction
angers Essex pharmacist Brian Conn, a community pharmacist
from Romford, Essex, has expressed his anger at what he sees as the reluctance
of the police to take action on information he supplied to them following
an assault in his pharmacy ...more
6 Pharmacies
to have complaints managers All community pharmacy and local
pharmaceutical services contractors in England will have to appoint complaints
managers under a new NHS complaints system ...more
6 BNF collection
record he collection of outdated copies of the British National
Formulary for the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association has set a new
record with nearly 10,000 collected ...more
6 NHS Direct
television Health information from NHS Direct is to be offered
through digital television from the summer ...more
6 Pravastatin
for diabetes with CHD Pravastatin prevents cardiovascular
events in patients with coronary heart disease and diabetes ...more
6 Novartis offers
free TB drugs Novartis is to supply free tuberculosis drugs
under an agreement with the World Health Organization ...more
7 Alternative
CPR treatment strategy is more effective Vasopressin followed
by adrenaline may be a more effective treatment strategy for refractory
cardiac arrest than adrenaline alone, say European researchers ...more
7 Pharmacy adopts
NHS branding Associated Chemists (Wicker) in Sheffield has
installed NHS branding on the fascia of its late-night pharmacy ...more
7 Teaching extemporaneous
preparation is still important Teaching extemporaneous preparation
to pharmacy students is viewed as important within all schools of pharmacy,
say the authors of a new study ...more |
