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403 Future
of e-pharmacy is outlined for Scotland How e-pharmacy in Scotland
will be developed was described this week by the Scottish Executive Health
Department ...more
403 Landmark
ruling means all disciplinary decisions can be re-examined Health
professionals who are cleared of wrongdoing by their regulators can have
their cases referred to court by the Council for the Regulation of Healthcare
Professionals, a High Court judge has ruled ...more
403 Boost
for hospital medicines management Double the number of hospital
trusts are set to take part in the Medicines Management Collaborative
than originally planned ...more
404 Gene therapy trials receive £10m from Government As part of a £50m commitment to genetics services in the UK, gene therapy trials for muscular dystrophy, childhood blindness and haemophilia are to be financed from a new £4m fund allocated by the Department of Health for 2003–06
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404 As
new financial year starts, NHS structural changes take effect Changes to the NHS in England, Wales and Scotland come into effect this month. Principal among them are a new contract for the delivery of primary care and a new contract for hospital consultants. Both changes apply throughout the UK
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404 NHS
to run conflict training Courses in conflict resolution for
pharmacists and other NHS staff were started this week by the NHS Security
Management Service ...more
404 Modernisation
agency to be disbanded from next year Modernisation is now
so deeply embedded in the NHS that the NHS Modernisation Agency is to
be abolished next year and replaced by a much smaller central organisation
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405 Convenience
of pharmacy behind move to self-care Convenience in health
care is what the British public is looking for, latest research from
Mintel shows. And it seems that this has translated to a small shift
towards self-care and greater use of pharmacies ...more
405 Pharmacy
software with remote supervision capability launched A pharmacy
software system designed to improve efficiency and provide new services
was launched this week. The system, called CAPA (consolidated application
for pharmacy administration) is being marketed by Fusion Health, and
was developed in part to facilitate the remote supervision of pharmacies
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405 Children's
BNF to be launched in May Plans for the launch of a new British
National Formulary for children's medicines (BNF-C) will be announced
at the BNF conference in May ...more
405 Further
Welsh prescription charge cuts Prescription charges in Wales will be cut by another £1 next year. Sue Essex, finance minister, Welsh Assembly Government, has announced that from April 2005 prescription charges in Wales will be reduced from £5 to £4, at an estimated cost of £11m
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406 Minister
visits Boots in Nottingham Health minister Rosie Winterton
recently visited Boots in Nottingham ...more
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406 Drug trade
surplus grows 15% to £3.1bn British pharmaceutical exports
in 2003 were worth £11.8bn and exceeded imports by £3.1bn.
This makes pharmaceuticals one of the three pillars of the British economy,
along with financial services and the oil and gas industry, according
to Andrew Curl, deputy director-general of the Association of the British
Pharmaceutical Industry ...more
406 European
medicines licensing applications start to recover Applications
for new European marketing authorisations are rising again, after nearly
halving between 2001 and 2002 ...more
406 Beware dexamethasone
for lung disease of prematurity Dexamethasone given shortly
after birth to babies with extremely poor lung function has adverse effects
on neuromotor and cognitive function by the time the recipients reach
school age, researchers have found ...more
406 Numark reaches
1,600 Numark, a symbol (own-brand) trading group for independent
pharmacies, has signed up its 1,600th member ...more
406 Amiodarone
and paramedics Amiodarone may be added to the list of medicines
that ambulance paramedics can administer parenterally ...more
406 GPs to trade
in goodwill GPs are to be allowed to trade in the goodwill
value of some services under their new NHS contract ...more
407 Most GPs
are over-prescribing antidepressants More than 80 per cent
of GPs admit to over-prescribing antidepressants to patients with depression,
anxiety and stress, a new survey reveals this week ...more
407 Public happy
to deal with pharmacists over repeat prescriptions Most people
are happy to deal with pharmacists rather than GPs for their repeat prescriptions,
a survey shows ...more
407 Moves to
cut drugs bill would endanger patients Attempts by the Government
to cut the NHS drugs bill would endanger patients, according to Steve
Dunn, chairman of the British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers
and group managing director of AAH Pharmaceuticals ...more
407 Patients
not told enough about medicines, say public Most people do
not believe that patients receive enough information about the treatments
that are available to them, a survey of almost 2,500 people in England
and Wales has revealed ...more
408 Vaccination
and diabetes not linked Investigations into a link between
childhood vaccination and type I diabetes has revealed no relation between
the two ...more
408 Supplements
have few serious interactions Almost half of dietary supplements
taken by patients at home may have potential interactions with drugs
but few are serious, new research indicates ...more
408 Alendronate
gives sustained effects in osteoporosis At the end of a 10-year
study into the effects of alendronate (Fosamax) in osteoporosis, researchers
have found that the drug provides sustained improvements in bone density
and is well tolerated. Discontinuation of alendronate resulted in a gradual
loss of its effects ...more
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