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803 First
teaching community pharmacy launched A teaching community pharmacy, believed to be the world’s first, was launched this week in London
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803 Chloramphenicol
eye drops POM to P consultation starts Consultation on the reclassification of chloramphenicol eye drops (0.5 per cent) from prescription-only medicine to pharmacy medicine began last week. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will be seeking comments until 20 January 2005
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803 Three
new products could help fight against MRSA Three new products that could help reduce methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) levels in hospitals have been identified by the rapid review panel set up by the Health Protection Agency to look at products that can help NHS staff improve hospital cleanliness, hygiene and infection control
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804 Pharmacists
can now be enthusiastic about future Pharmacists can be more enthusiastic about the progress being made for the profession now that the new contract has been approved, Dilip Joshi, vice-chairman of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee for 2004–05, said last week
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804 New pharmacy contract “yes” vote welcomed The
vote in favour of the new pharmacy contract in England and Wales has
been widely welcomed by pharmacy organisations ...more
804 Pharmaceutical
industry sees new contract as important Pharmaceutical industry
executives think the new community pharmacy contract is important to
the way their organisation approaches the NHS, according to preliminary
results from a survey of 100 pharmaceutical professionals at director-level
and above ...more
804 DoH
acts to cut quangos An implementation framework for reducing the Department of Health’s arm’s length bodies was published earlier this week
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805 Super surgery
opens; pharmacy planned for 2005 The first “super surgery” to be part of the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT), involving public-private partnership, has opened in East London. However, a spokeswoman for the National Pharmaceutical Association has warned that these schemes could destabilise the pharmacy network
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805 Part-time
pharmacists may leave profession Approximately one-fifth of part-time pharmacists are considering not renewing their membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society next year, according to a survey carried out by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association
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805 New NHS ratings
system Next year will be the last year of star ratings in
the NHS, the Healthcare Commission announced earlier this week ...more
805 Variation
in autonomy within community pharmacy workforce found in new survey Contractor pharmacists feel more able to make independent clinical decisions than employee or locum community pharmacists. So conclude researchers, who, with the help of a focus group of pharmacists from a variety of backgrounds, developed a tool to analyse how pharmacists would react to different clinical scenarios
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806 Smoking and
salt increase GORD Smoking and a high intake of salt are associated
with a greater risk of gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms, a recent study
has shown ...more
806 Mandeville
Medicines paediatric prize winner The 2004 Neonatal and Paediatric
Pharmacists Group prize, in association with Mandeville Medicines, was
awarded to Sara Arenas-Lopez at the NPPG conference this week ...more
806 Most Scots
aware of minor ailments advice Nearly six out of 10 people
in Scotland are aware that they can have a consultation with a pharmacist
about minor ailments, an independent national opinion poll shows ...more
806 Resuscitation
errors common Medication errors are common at all stages of
paediatric resuscitation, say researchers ...more
806 Cannabis
and psychosis Frequent cannabis use during adolescence and
young adulthood moderately increases the risk of psychotic symptoms later
in life, with the effect being stronger in those with a predisposition
for psychosis ...more
806 UK HIV cases
reach 53,000 There are now 53,000 adults living with HIV/AIDS
in the UK, according to the Health Protection Agency ...more
806 Lloyds link
with Birmingham FC Lloydspharmacy is to offer health care
advice to fans at Birmingham City Football Club ...more
807 Bayer could
have acted more swiftly over Lipobay Bayer could have acted
in a more timely fashion over the withdrawal of its lipid-lowering drug
cerivastatin (Lipobay) in 2001, authors of a review have suggested ...more
807 Muscle wasting
risk low for three statins Risk of rhabdomyolysis, a muscle
wasting disorder associated with statin use, is low for atorvastatin,
pravastatin and simvastatin when used as monotherapy, according to David
Graham, a doctor with the US Food and Drug Administration, and colleagues
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807 Increase
in bleeding risk for some antidepressants Antidepressants
that exhibit a high degree of serotonin reuptake inhibition, such as
the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors fluoxetine and paroxetine,
are associated with a greater risk of abnormal bleeding than other antidepressants,
say researchers ...more
807 More evidence
for benefit of statins in rheumatoid arthritis Statin treatment
may be advisable in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or other chronic
inflammatory conditions, say researchers ...more
807 Ibuprofen
for premature infants Ibuprofen, given as prophylaxis to premature
infants, reduces the need for surgical closure of the ductus arteriosus,
say researchers. However, it does not reduce mortality or morbidity so
should not be used in preference to early curative ibuprofen, they add
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808 NPA calls
again on Government to extend contract exit payments Ash Soni,
chairman of the National Pharmaceutical Association, has called on health
minister Rosie Winterton to extend the window for exit payments for pharmacy
contractors who dispense fewer than 2,000 items a month ...more
808 Multilingual
link workers enhance diabetes care of patients in South Asian communities Diabetes
management for patients of South Asian ethnicity may be improved by using
Asian link workers and additional diabetes specialist nurses, a new study
suggests ...more
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