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175 UK
to lead on some new European medicine laws Views on plans
to implement some aspects of new European medicines legislation before
their mandatory introduction are being sought by the Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency ...more
175 Guidance
on contraceptive services for those under 16 applies to some pharmacy
services Guidance on the provision of contraceptive services
to people under 16 years of age has been issued to health care professionals
in England by the Department of Health ...more
175 PCT
contract toolkit planned A toolkit to help primary care organisations
decide which enhanced services to commission from community pharmacists
under the new contract will be launched later this year ...more
176 Pharmacists
should keep their knowledge of herbal remedies and complementary medicines
up to date Community pharmacists should be aware of which
complementary or herbal medicines they stock and make sure they know
the essential information about these products, according to Edzard Ernst,
professor of complementary medicine at Peninsula medical school, Universities
of Exeter and Plymouth ...more
176 Keep
pharmacy's profile up, says MP Sandra Gidley, pharmacist and
Liberal Democrat spokeswoman on the elderly, has told the National Pharmaceutical
Association to keep reminding her Parliamentary colleagues about the
benefits of community pharmacy services ...more
176 Electronic
prescription signatures plan Consultation has started on a
proposal to change the law throughout the UK to allow prescriptions to
be signed electronically. The law needs to change because prescriptions
can only currently be signed in ink and this precludes electronic prescription
transmission ...more
176 Topical
NSAIDs ineffective for osteoarthritis after two weeks Using
topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to relieve the
symptoms of osteoarthritis is only beneficial for the first two weeks,
according to researchers ...more
177 Pharmacy-led
drug round improves supply process A pharmacy-led drug administration round is now up and running on one of the surgical wards at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, and has resulted in several improvements to the ward's medicines supply process
...more
177 Communication
between pharmacists and anaesthetists to improve Action plans
to improve communication between pharmacists and anaesthetists were discussed
at a joint meeting of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association
and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, held
in London recently ...more
177 Advance
information helps NHS manage new medicines Provision of high-quality
information about forthcoming medicines will help NHS staff manage the
introduction of new medicines more effectively, according to the Association
of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. Furthermore, such information
should encourage the uptake of innovative therapies, said Martin Anderson,
director of commercial affairs at the ABPI ...more
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178 Free cholesterol
tests offered by Moss Pharmacy Free cholesterol tests are
being offered to “at risk” customers at around 150 Moss pharmacies
in a new initiative designed to combat coronary heart disease (CHD) ...more
178 Head of school
for Hertfordshire university Soraya Dhillon has been appointed
foundation professor of pharmacy and head of the new school of pharmacy
at the University of Hertfordshire ...more
178 Cardiff University
merger set to provide opportunities Opportunities for the
Welsh school of pharmacy will arise from a merger currently under way
between Cardiff University and the University of Wales College of Medicine,
says Ken Broadley, acting head of the school ...more
178 Readership
survey: preliminary results and prize draw The Journal received
3,263 completed responses to the readership survey sent out with The
Journal on 26 June ...more
178 New chief
at the ABPI Trevor Jones's successor as director-general of
the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry will be Richard
Barker ...more
178 P to GSL
switches Pfizer Consumer Healthcare has asked the MHRA to
reclassify Calpol Infant Suspension, Calpol Sugar Free Infant Suspension
and Calpol Six Plus Fastmelts from P to GSL. Bayer Plc has also applied
to reclassify Germoloids HC Spray from P to GSL ...more
178 Countering
extremism Further legislative changes are to be introduced
to deal with the activities of animal rights extremists, the Government
announced last week ...more
179 Miscommunication
key culprit in medical errors Diagnostic and treatment errors
often begin with a communication problem, say US researchers in an analysis
of medical errors ...more
179 CHRE wins
case but penalty is unchanged A High Court challenge by the
Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (officially known as the
Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professions) against a General
Medical Council disciplinary decision has succeeded, but the judge has
not imposed a more severe penalty ...more
179 “Pop
down your local” campaign winner The Campus Pharmacy
at Stirling University has won the window display competition that formed
part of the Developing Patient Partnerships “men and pharmacy” campaign
...more
179 Draft Section
60 Order for dentists published Plans for the reform of the
regulation of dentists include legal requirements to hold indemnity insurance
and to practise only under a registered name, and a minimum disciplinary
erasure period of five years ...more
179 Stop-smoking
leaflets mislead Smoking cessation leaflets recently published
by Brent Primary Care Trust are misleading, the Advertising Standards
Authority has ruled ...more
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