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495 Contract
negotiations look at distribution of funds Negotiations between
the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the NHS Confederation
and the Department of Health on the new pharmacy contract for England
and Wales have moved on to discussions on the distribution of funds to
contractors ...more
495 New
contract threat to small pharmacies Community pharmacies dispensing
small numbers of prescriptions might come under threat under the new
pharmacy contract ...more
495 Canvassing
complaints Canvassing on behalf of the seven Save Our Society
candidates in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council election has
led to complaints ...more
496 Over-reliance
on medicines for older people is abuse Use of medicines as
a tool to manage elderly residents of care homes is a form of abuse,
says the House of Commons Select Committee on Health. It adds that measures
must be taken to ensure that older people have their medicines regularly
reviewed in a bid to eliminate this practice ...more
496 Public
health consultation is an opportunity for pharmacy, task group member
says Pharmacy and pharmacists could be recognised as major
players in health delivery if they take advantage of the current consultation
on ways of improving public health ...more
496 Viagra “reward card” introduced in the US Men
in the US who are regularly prescribed Viagra (sildenafil citrate) are
being offered a free prescription as part of a new bonus scheme launched
by Pfizer last week ...more
496 Plan
for big expansion of independent nurse prescribing announced More
than 60 extra medicines to treat 30 additional conditions are to be added
to the nurse prescribers' extended formulary under plans announced by
the Department of Health last week. The legislative change will apply
throughout the UK, but it is for the devolved administrations to determine
the pace of change in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland ...more
497 New
campaign urges men to use local pharmacies Men are to be encouraged to make better use of pharmacies in a campaign to be launched next week. Called “Pop down your local”, the campaign is being organised by health education charity Developing Patient Partnerships. Several organisations, including the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the National Pharmaceutical Association, have also been involved in its development
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497 Men's health should be taken into account in policy decisions Men's health has not been properly considered as part of health policy and this needs to be rectified, according to the Men's Health Forum. This week, the charity launched “Getting it sorted” a document outlining the policy changes the MHF believes are needed to improve male health in England and Wales. One suggestion it makes is to explore ways in which pharmacies could offer improved services to men
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497 Rosuvastatin
better than atorvastatin for reaching LDL targets Treatment
with the lowest dose of rosuvastatin (Crestor) enables more patients
with type 2 diabetes to reach target low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
levels than atorvastatin, according to the first comparative data in
this group of patients ...more
497 Approval
for OTC statins The Journal understands that the Committee for Safety of Medicines has given its final stamp of approval for the switch of simvastatin from prescription-only medicine to pharmacy medicine status. This follows public consultation on the proposal, which ended in January
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498 IV paracetamol
product launched Patients with moderate post-operative pain
may be offered a new treatment option from May with the launch of the
first ready-to-use intravenous form of paracetamol ...more
498 Queen's awards
for enterprise winners Several companies in the pharmaceutical
sector were awarded Queen's awards for enterprise at a ceremony in London
this week, ranging from manufacturers of vending machines to insulated
shipping systems ...more
498 Alcohol, especially
beer, is linked to increased gout risk Certain alcoholic drinks
are associated with an increased risk of gout, new data have confirmed
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498 “Golden
pill” eludes industry Prescrire, a French
drug review publication, has, for the sixth year running, failed to find
a winner for its Golden Pill award ...more
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499 Evidence
weak for treatment of migraine in children Published evidence
supporting the use of migraine treatments in children is weak, according
to the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin ...more
499 Online calculator
for TPN reduces ordering errors and saves time An online system
for ordering neonatal total parenteral nutrition (TPN), which took just
three weeks to develop, has reduced errors by 89 per cent at a hospital
in the US ...more
499 Less compliance
with oral psoriasis therapy Adherence to psoriasis treatment
is greater with topical or combined therapy than with oral treatment.
This is the finding of a compliance trial carried out by doctors at Leeds
General Infirmary ...more
499 Positive
results for weight management programme Results of an audit
conducted by Lipotrim Pharmacy have shown that a third of obese patients
on its pharmacist-led weight management programme were no longer obese
at the time of audit, and weight-loss benefits were seen in two-thirds
of patients ...more
500 Children
with asthma do not take enough exercise As many as a fifth
of children with asthma do not take enough exercise even though physical
activity is important for them ...more
500 Oestrogen
hormone therapy increases stroke and DVT risk Unopposed oestrogen
therapy increases the risk of stroke and deep vein thrombosis in post
menopausal women with prior hysterectomy, a large, multi-centre trial
has shown. The data provide further evidence of the risks associated
with long-term hormone replacement therapy ...more
500 Scotland
rejects two drugs in latest round of guidance Two products — nicotinic
acid modified release tablets (Niaspan) and macrogol 4000 (Idrolax) — have
been rejected for use within NHS Scotland by the Scottish Medicines Consortium.
A third product — clindamycin and benzoyl peroxide gel (Duac) — is
accepted for restricted use ...more
501 AAH to relaunch
Vantage brand Later this month the Vantage brand is to be
relaunched ...more
501 Pharmacists
will need to rely on full-line wholesalers Pharmacists will
not have the time or motivation to pursue the last penny of profit on
drug purchasing in the future, Steve Dunn, group managing director of
AAH Pharmaceuticals, told the AAH convention in Monaco this week ...more
501 MSP condemns
contract delay in Scotland Failure to introduce the new pharmacy
contract in Scotland at the same time as those for GPs and hospital doctors
have been condemned by a pharmacist member of the Scottish Parliament
...more
501 APPG website The
All-Party Pharmacy Group has launched a website at www.appg.org.uk ...more
501 NPA banking
service Low cost banking is now available for the first time
to National Pharmaceutical Association members through a partnership
with Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank. ...more
501 TOPRA launched TOPRA
(The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs) was officially
launched in both London and Brussels on 21 April ...more
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