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631 Funding
details for new contract in England revealed Details of how
the funding for the new community pharmacy contract in England is to
be distributed were announced this week ...more
631 Scottish
pharmacy groups want Society to take collegiate structure Seven pharmacy groups in Scotland have come together to present a united view on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s role post devolution. The groups told the Society at a meeting in Edinburgh on 26 October that they would like it to take a collegiate structure
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631 Hospital
pharmacists start to vote on their new pay system Members
of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists have begun voting in a ballot
to approve or reject Agenda for Change ...more
632 Developing
role for pharmacists in emergency care Changes to the GP contract
have brought pharmacists a new role in a hospital accident and emergency
department that can help the NHS meet its waiting time targets ...more
632 Judges give self-regulation a boost … and also undermine it in the Court of Appeal Professional self-regulation has been reinforced by England’s most senior civil judge, who has ruled that the Nursing and Midwifery Council is better placed than judges to decide whether a nurse’s “fascination with pornography” is incompatible with his professional role
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632 Practice
research award Research is to be carried out to see if copying
discharge summaries to community pharmacists will help implement treatment
plans ...more
632 Pharmacists
can help NHS meet sexual health standards Community pharmacists
can contribute to the achievement of draft national standards for sexual
health services in England, the National Pharmaceutical Association has
told the Department of Health ...more
633 NICE
issues guidance on epilepsy management New guidelines on the
diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in primary and secondary care
were issued this week by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
and the National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care. They include
a large section on treatment with anti-epileptic drugs, but do not specifically
outline a role for pharmacists ...more
633 US
study warns against brand switching Switching between branded
and generic phenytoin products can lead to a loss of seizure control
in patients with epilepsy, a US study has shown ...more
633 Guidance
on care of women with epilepsy Women with epilepsy should
receive counselling about their medicines in advance of becoming sexually
active, according to two sets of guidance published this week ...more
633 Study
suggests implementation of NICE guidance is patchy Implementation
of guidance issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
is patchy, the authors of new research conclude ...more
633 Imatinib
approved first-line for GI stromal tumours Imatinib (Glivec)
should be available as first-line treatment of gastrointestinal stromal
tumours (GISTs), says the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
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634 Pharmaceutical R&D still leads Investment
in pharmaceutical research and development continues to top the research
and development tables in the UK ...more
634 New
powers planned to tackle NHS fraud Plans to require pharmacy contractors, GPs and other NHS contractors in England to hand over records to fraud investigators — or face prosecution — have been announced
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634 Second
attempt to sell East Anglian Pharmaceuticals East Anglian
Pharmaceuticals (EAP) is to be sold for an undisclosed sum to Phoenix
Healthcare Distribution, subject to approval by the competition authorities
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634 Water
for injections restrictions to be eased Needle exchange scheme
workers, including pharmacists acting outside a patient group direction,
will soon be able to supply ampoules of water for injections to drug
addicts ...more
634 Global
patient safety initiative The Department of Health has joined
forces with the World Health Organization to launch the World Alliance
for Patient Safety ...more
634 Smoking consultation In
Scotland, over 50,000 people have responded to the consultation on smoking
in public places, making it the biggest response to any Scottish Executive
consultation ...more
634 Lloyds wins
diversity award Lloydspharmacy has been recognised for its
series of television advertisements at the British Diversity Awards ...more
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635 Contraceptive
pill may protect against heart disease Women who use the oral
contraceptive pill are likely to be reassured by new research presented
at a recent meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
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635 Smokers are
more likely to develop asthma Former and current smokers are
more likely to develop asthma than those who have never smoked, researchers
have found ...more
635 New treatment
for psoriasis A drug launched this week for the treatment
of psoriasis provides an option for patients who have not responded to
other therapies ...more
635 Genetic variation
in beta-adrenergic receptor determines response to salbutamol Long-term
response to salbutamol in patients with asthma may be determined by their
genotype, say American researchers. They suggest that bronchodilator
treatment with salbutamol should be avoided in patients with two arginine
versions of the beta-adrenergic receptor gene ...more
636 All POMs
to have medicine guides Up to 2,000 medicine guides will
be produced between now and 2007 by the Medicines Information Project,
a partnership involving the NHS, the Department of Health, the pharmaceutical
industry, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, patients
and health care professionals ...more
636 New data
on drugs that affect ulcer healing In patients who need treatment
with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs the risk of symptomatic ulcers
is reduced by using cyclo-oxygenase-2 specific and selective NSAIDs,
or by also using misoprostol and probably proton pump inhibitors, say
researchers. However, a protective effect was not seen with H2-receptor
antagonists ...more
636 OTC advice
line launched A new over-the-counter medicines advice line
has been launched by the Customer Health Information Centre, an information
service run by the Proprietary Association of Great Britain ...more
636 Selling smaller
painkiller packs cuts suicide rates Suicide deaths from paracetamol
and salicylates fell by 22 per cent and admissions to liver units for
paracetamol poisoning and liver transplants by 30 per cent following
UK legislation limiting the size of packs of analgesics sold over the
counter, a study has found ...more
636 Welsh minister
has blood pressure test at Lloyds pharmacy Welsh deputy minister
for health and social services John Griffiths visited a Lloydspharmacy
in Newport, Gwent, this week to help raise community awareness on a range
of health conditions ...more
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