|
755 Hospital
electronic prescribing brought forward Electronic prescribing
in hospitals in England looks set to start in 2006, two years earlier
than planned, in a bid to reduce variation in drug usage across secondary
care, which is partly caused by a lack of specialist pharmacists in hospitals
...more
755 Privy
Council nominee agrees to return to Society's Council Michael
Schofield has agreed to return to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's
Council following his resignation at the June meeting ...more
755 Further
delay to new contract inevitable Further delay in the implementation
of the new pharmacy contract seems inevitable, following comments made
at a meeting of the All-Party Pharmacy Group in the Palace of Westminster
earlier this week ...more
755 SOS
to appeal Court decision The Save Our Society group is to
appeal against the High Court's summary dismissal of its case against
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society ...more
755 Council
election result Rumours that a request had been made to the
Electoral Reform Services to make the election to the Council of the
Royal Pharmaceutical Society void are unfounded ...more
756 Linda
Stone awarded an OBE Linda Stone, a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society's Council, has been made an officer of the Order of the British
Empire in last week's Queen's birthday honours ...more
756 Medicines
management initiative in Wales A medicines management collaborative
programme was launched this week in Wales. The programme, which is based
on the model already in place in England, is intended to improve patient
care ...more
756 Need
to tackle parallel imports identified by think-tank A fresh
approach to parallel trading of medicines is needed, according to the
Social Market Foundation ...more
756 Counter
fraud work saves NHS almost half a billion Nearly half a billion
pounds has been saved by cutting NHS fraud, figures released this week
show ...more
756 Controlled
Drugs guide A preview version of the National Prescribing
Centre's guide to good practice in the management of Controlled Drugs
in primary care in England is available online. The guide sets out current
legal framework and good practice in the use of Controlled Drugs ...more
757 Pharmacists
need to manage stocks of peak flow meters as new European standard is
introduced Pharmacists need to be ready to manage the supply
of peak flow meters when a new European standard for their manufacture
is introduced on 1 September ...more
757 Medicines
information leaflets fail to meet needs of asthma patients Asthma
patients may not be getting the information they need, researchers report
...more
757 H pylori eradication: no net benefit in heartburn or reflux Treatment
to eradicate Helicobacter pylori has no net benefit for patients with
heartburn or gastro-oesophageal reflux, according to a study by UK researchers
...more
757 Omeprazole
appropriate after some acute GI bleeds Omeprazole is appropriate for some patients admitted to hospital following an acute upper gastrointestinal bleed, despite proton pump inhibitors not being licensed for this indication, according to the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
...more
|
758 Trial shows
value of prompt blood pressure control Lessons on prompt hypertension
control may have been learnt from a study published this week ...more
758 Enhanced
future cancer role for pharmacists Enhanced roles for pharmacists
in future cancer care features in an expert review of anticancer therapy
published this week ...more
758 Blood pressure
monitoring at home leads to better control Monitoring of blood
pressure by patients at home is associated with better control of hypertension
than monitoring done in health care settings, according to research presented
at the European Society of Hypertension in Paris earlier this week ...more
759 Data indicates
aggressive arthritis treatment to prevent heart events Further
understanding of the coronary events and atherosclerotic disease seen
in patients with rheumatoid arthritis has been revealed by drug treatment
studies, which were presented at the annual European congress of rheumatology
in Berlin last week ...more
759 New therapy
for attention deficit disorder From next month, a non-stimulant
drug licensed for the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) will be available in the UK ...more
759 NSAIDs better
than opioids for kidney stone pain Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs appear slightly more effective than opioids in treating the pain
associated with kidney stones, according to a systematic review published
this week ...more
759 Statins for
rheumatoid arthritis Statins could be effective in relieving
symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research ...more
759 Diclofenac
patch for sport injury Diclofenac delivered via a patch is
effective and could be used to treat sports impact injuries, researchers
suggest ...more
759 GI bleeding
and COX-2 inhibitors Recent increases in the use of selective
cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors appear to have been accompanied by an increase
in hospital admissions for gastrointestinal bleeds ...more
760 Guide to
community pharmacy services launched A reference guide to
how community pharmacy can contribute to modernising NHS services has
been produced by the South East Regional Forum of Local Pharmaceutical
Committees ...more
760 CHD in later
life linked with poor nutrition in pregnancy A hypothesis
has been put forward to explain why some children who are underweight
at birth may be at increased risk of heart disease later ...more
760 “Innovation
in community pharmacy” paper The Pharmacy Practice
Research Trust launched a paper this week designed to help policy makers
implement change in community pharmacy services ...more
760 OTC medicines
market shows healthy growth The over-the-counter medicines
market in the UK grew by 4.1 per cent in 2003, according to data released
this week ...more
760 Co-operation
needed in EU A need for co-operation by parties working at
all stages of the pharmaceutical supply chain, in light of the European
Union enlargement, was highlighted last week ...more
|
The
Pharmaceutical Journal