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733 White
Paper pledges to make best use of pharmacy The Government’s White Paper on improving public health, “Choosing health — making healthy choices easier”, was published this week
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733 Scotland
to ban smoking in public places, and England opts for a partial
ban Plans for a comprehensive ban on smoking in public places
in Scotland should be in place by 2006, Jack McConnell, Scottish Parliament
First Minister, announced last week ...more
733 Dispensing
fees to remain unchanged in England Dispensing fees and other
payments to community pharmacies in England are to remain unchanged in
the current financial year ...more
734 Agenda
for Change moves another step closer Amicus, the union that
includes the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, has voted narrowly to accept
Agenda for Change ...more
734 Clinical
trials warning issued Pharmaceutical companies have been told
to publish clinical trial results voluntarily or face possible sanctions
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734 New
contract criticised as untransparent Avicenna, a buying group
for independent pharmacists, has criticised the Pharmaceutical Services
Negotiating Committee for a lack of transparency over the funding of
the new community pharmacy contract ...more
734 Tighter
rules planned for drug safety advisers People who advise health
ministers on the licensing and safety of medicines and who are members
of advisory committees and boards will be subject to tighter rules covering
their financial interests ...more
734 Linda
Stone receives OBE Linda Stone visited Buckingham Palace on 4 November to receive from the Prince of Wales the OBE awarded to her in the Queen’s Birthday honours list
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735 Instructions
on medicines are deemed too small Instructions on medicine
packaging are too small for people with visual impairments to read, the
first study to document the problem has shown ...more
735 Flu
experts call for more spending on vaccine development Large
amounts of money need to be spent by governments around the world on
developing prospective influenza vaccines for which there are no real
commercial prospects, a World Health Organization meeting of experts
on flu has concluded ...more
735 Scottish
Medicines Consortium issues advice on five drugs ...more
735 Deaf
health professionals A network for health professionals who
have impaired hearing is encouraging more pharmacists to join ...more
735 Preregistration
insurance A professional liability insurance policy for preregistration
trainees and pharmacy students has been launched by the National Pharmaceutical
Association subsidiary PPI Ltd ...more
735 UniChem
finance service UniChem is launching a private banking service
for customers following research which suggested that many pharmacists
do not make adequate personal financial plans ...more
735 Ranitidine damages are £94.5m The NHS in England wants to acquire £94.5m from five generics companies it has accused of profiteering
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736 Antidepressant
use among children is rising Use of antidepressants and other
psychotropic medicines in children is rising throughout the world, research
shows. The increase appears to be greatest in the UK ...more
736 Newborn babies
face a postcode lottery for pain management More than half
of neonatal units lack a pain relief protocol and many staff are performing
painful procedures on newborns without routine analgesia, research has
shown ...more
737 Pharmacist-led
diabetes service is honoured A pharmacist-led initiative that
has improved diabetes management for patients from ethnic minorities
has won an award ...more
737 Hypertension
care pathway written by pharmacist also wins award A multidisciplinary
approach to managing hypertension using a standard care pathway has been
rewarded by the journal Guidelines in Practice. The awards recognise
excellence in implementing national guidance ...more
737 Isle of Man
launches its own pharmacy strategy A strategy for pharmacy
in the Isle of Man has been produced jointly by the Isle of Man Pharmacy
Contractors’ Association and the Isle of Man government ...more
737 Earwax treatments
are equally effective Oil-based and water-based preparations
are equally effective at clearing earwax and for softening earwax before
syringing, a systematic review has indicated. The study also found no
major advantages for one preparation over others ...more
738 Atenolol
review conclusion in doubt Findings from a recent systematic
review on atenolol by Swedish researchers may not be significant, a quality
assessment has shown ...more
738 New human
papillomavirus vaccine is effective A new vaccine has been
shown to be effective against incident and persistent cervical infections
with two important oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types ...more
738 Study raises
concerns about the risks of high doses of vitamin E High doses
of vitamin E may increase all-cause mortality, a study has shown ...more
738 Hormones
better than vigabatrin for treating infantile spasms Hormonal
treatments are more effective than vigabatrin in treating infantile spasms,
a new study has found ...more
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