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453 Inequalities
must be tackled if health is to improve Tackling health inequalities
is central to Government plans to see public health improve in England
...more
453 European
work rules for on-call time to be changed European law is
to be changed so that time spent idle while on call will no longer be
considered to be working time ...more
453 Ministers
fete pharmacy at Labour conference Government ministers have
spoken up for pharmacy at a range of fringe meetings at the Labour Party
conference in Brighton this week ...more
453 Health
care in Scotland to be more inclusive More inclusive provision
of health care in Scotland will soon begin as local health care co-operatives
are replaced by community health partnerships ...more
454 Pharmacists
should know whether people smoke All health professionals
should know the smoking habits of all their patients, new Scottish health
guidelines say ...more
454 Wait
for contract financial details continues Community pharmacies in England are waiting for the Department of Health to approve a distribution model proposed by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee for the £1,766m to be paid next year under the new NHS pharmacy contract
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454 UK
Prix Galien shared Fuzeon (enfuvirtide, Roche) and Prevenar
(pneumococcal polysaccharide, Wyeth) have shared this year’s
United Kingdom Prix Galien award for innovative pharmaceutical products ...more
454 Online
BNF service improved BNF.org, the online version of the British
National Formulary, has been upgraded to provide a more resilient service
to its users ...more
455 Mediterranean
diet leads to longer life for elderly Elderly men and women
who eat a Mediterranean diet, keep active and do not smoke have a significantly
greater life expectancy than those not adopting this lifestyle ...more
455 Few
breast cancers prevented by tamoxifen The percentage of breast
cancers that might be prevented with tamoxifen prophylaxis is likely
to be small, according to a new estimate ...more
455 Hospital
admission risk for non-adherent diabetes patients Patients
with type 2 diabetes who do not take their antihyperglycaemic medicines
properly increase their risk of admission to hospital ...more
455 IVG
not recommended for MS Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVG) cannot
be recommended for patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis,
say researchers ...more
455 Oral
amoxicillin for pneumonia Oral amoxicillin is equally effective as injectable penicillin for the treatment of severe pneumonia in children aged 3–59 months, researchers have found
...more
455 Headache
advice The British Association for the Study of Headache has
published newly revised guidelines for the treatment of migraine and
tension-type headache ...more
456 Cognitive
behaviour therapy more effective than drug treatment in chronic sleep
onset insomnia Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is more effective
than zolpidem in the treatment of insomnia and should be considered as
first line treatment ...more
456 Pharmacists
can identify SSRI patients at risk Pharmacists, as well as
physicians and other health care practitioners, can help identify patients
at risk of adverse effects from selective serotinin reuptake inhibitors
in the treatment of depression. Associate professor Jay Cohen, University
of California, writes that initial evaluations for SSRIs should look
at size, age, concomitant medication and history ...more
456 Consider
intramuscular methotrexate when oral route fails in rheumatoid arthritis Switching
high dose oral methotrexate to the intramuscular route may improve efficacy
in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ...more
456 Spring
mumps figures show rise in cases During the period April–June 2004, 1,352 cases of mumps were reported, the highest quarterly total since surveillance began in 1995
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456 New primary
care guidelines for treatment of stroke The Action for Stroke
Group, in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians, has developed
Primary Care Concise Guidelines on the treatment of stroke, based on
the updated National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke ...more
457 Shop violence
rising Shop workers in the UK are working in an increasingly
hostile and dangerous environment, according a survey by USDAW, the trade
union for shop workers ...more
457 New Zealand
pharmaceutical society gives up regulation The Pharmaceutical
Society of New Zealand was abolished last month as part of a modernisation
programme which now sees the regulation and representation of the profession
carried out by two different organisations ...more
457 MP gets health
check in Co-op pharmacy Milton Keynes South West MP Phyllis
Starkey had a health check at a Co-op Pharmacy recently ...more
457 Some animal
Ps to be POMs Pharmacists are to lose the right to supply
a small number of animal medicines currently classified as pharmacy medicines
under plans announced by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate ...more
457 Keep outdated
BNFs for Pharmaid collection The Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association’s annual collection of outdated copies of the British National Formulary will take place from 8 to 12 November. The CPA will be collecting copies of the 46th edition (blue cover) and 47th edition (yellow cover)
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457 AAMW cards
available Pocket-sized, fold-out cards for this year’s Ask About Medicines Week can now be ordered
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British Pharmaceutical Conference 2004 NEWS
458 Limited
benefit from pharmacists’ interventions Intervention
by community pharmacists taking part in the Community Pharmacy Medicines
Management project did not lead to more appropriate treatment in patients
with coronary heart disease. However, 84 per cent of patients were satisfied
or very satisfied with the medicines management service ...more
458 Show
benefits from antimicrobial funding Hospital pharmacists need to work together to show the Government that they are spending wisely the £12m funding they received last year to promote rational antimicrobial use, according to Duncan McRobbie, principal clinical pharmacist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Trust, London. He was speaking at a BPC session
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458 Public
health and skill mix consultation announcements The White Paper on public health will be published later this month, Sir Nigel Crisp, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and chief executive of the NHS confirmed on 27 September at the BPC. He added that the pharmaceutical public health strategy will be published next year
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458 Awards
recognise achievements in science and pharmacy practice Three
awards were presented at a joint BPC session devoted to the achievements
of pharmacists in science and practice ...more
459 NPA
extends membership to individual pharmacists All individual
pharmacists will be eligible to join a new membership category of the
National Pharmaceutical Association, it was revealed this week at the
British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester ...more
459 ABPI launches
innovation award Pharmacists who develop innovative services
to improve the use of medicines are to be recognised through a new award
launched this week by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
...more
459 Pharmacy
faces funding battle Pharmacists were warned this week that
they would face a battle with GPs to access money for services classified
as enhanced under the new community pharmacy contract ...more
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