|
277 PSNC
agrees funding for new pharmacy contract The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has agreed a deal of £1.766bn to fund the new community pharmacy contract in England
...more
277 Alternative
to ambulance for non-urgent calls Patients who call an ambulance
for a non-urgent condition could receive treatment from other health
care providers rather than automatically being sent an ambulance, Health
Minister Rosie Winterton announced last week ...more
277 Pharmacy
dispenses counterfeit Cialis to patient Counterfeit Cialis
(tadalafil) has been identified in the UK after being dispensed by a
pharmacy for a patient. The product is believed to have been obtained
through legitimate supply channels ...more
277 Response low but members vote “yes” in Charter ballot Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society have voted “yes” in the ballot on the draft Charter which closed this week. However, the response was low
...more
278 Concerns
expressed on control of entry reforms Concerns have been expressed
following last week's announcement of new rules on the awarding of NHS
community pharmacy contracts ...more
278 Pharmacists
in Fife to assess men's health Four community pharmacies in
Fife are being funded to provide men's health assessments. Training is
about to start and the service will be rolled out on 1 January next year
...more
278 Welsh
point of care testing The Welsh Scientific Advisory Committee
has published updated guidance on point of care testing (POCT) ...more
278 IT
programme support The companies which have been contracted
to provide the technical support in the development of the NHS Care Records
Service, part of the National Programme for IT, were announced earlier
this month ...more
278 Sanofi
buys Aventis ...more
279 NICE
outlines pharmacists' role in dyspepsia Pharmacists should
be the first point of contact for people suffering from symptoms of dyspepsia.
They should also offer ongoing support, including advice about lifestyle
changes, use of over-the-counter medicines, help with prescribed drugs
and advice about when to consult a GP ...more
279 Review
hypertension management, says NICE Local
health communities are being asked to review their management of hypertension
against a new guideline issued this week by the National Institute for
Clinical Excellence and the Newcastle Guideline Development and Research
Unit ...more
279 NICE
issues eczema guidance Tacrolimus (Protopic) has been endorsed
as an option for second-line treatment of moderate to severe atopic eczema
in adults and children by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
Pimecrolimus (Elidel) is also recommended for second-line treatment of
eczema on the face and neck in children ...more
279 New
incontinence treatment Patients with overactive bladder syndrome
may benefit from a new incontinence treatment launched this week by Yamanouchi
...more
|
280 PSNC pharmacy
development awards announced The winners of the 2004 Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee pharmacy development awards were announced
this week ...more
280 Routine use
of statins in all type 2 diabetes patients is a step too far Routine
use of statins in all patients with type 2 diabetes may not be necessary,
suggests the author of an editorial ...more
280 Multiple
intervention reduces antibiotic prescribing rates An intervention
involving education of GPs and pharmacists, as well as monitoring and
feedback on prescribing behaviour, has resulted in reduced prescribing
rates of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections in Utrecht, The
Netherlands ...more
281 Smokers under
40 at five times risk for heart attack Smokers under 40 years
of age are five times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers
in the same age group, say researchers from Finland. They also estimate
that more than half of the non-fatal heart attacks that occur in young
middle aged people can be attributed to smoking and are therefore preventable
...more
281 Weekly fluconazole
deters recurrent thrush Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
can be effectively managed using weekly fluconazole therapy, a US study
shows. However, a long-term cure remains difficult to achieve, say the
study authors ...more
281 Moss acquires
Joyce Morrison chain in central Scotland ...more
281 Co-op buys
Howard and Palmer pharmacies ...more
281 Diabetes
and antipsychotics The association between atypical antipsychotics
and diabetes might be due to increased testing among patients treated
with these drugs ...more
281 Stem cell
licence Permission to create stem cells from unfertilised
human eggs has been granted to scientists based at the Centre for Life
in Newcastle ...more
281 Lilly to
post trial data on web Data from clinical trials of Lilly’s
products are to be posted online in a registry accessible to the public
...more
|
The
Pharmaceutical Journal