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197 Exit
payments extended to the smallest contractors Contractors
whose pharmacies dispense fewer than 1,100 items will be able to take
up exit payments under changes to the new community pharmacy contract,
the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee announced this week
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197 Minister
takes interest in oxygen cylinder costs proposed for October Rosie
Winterton, the minister responsible for community pharmacy in England,
is taking an interest in concerns that changes to the domiciliary oxygen
service due on 1 October will leave pharmacy contractors out of pocket
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197 GSK
narrows its discount terms for community pharmacies GlaxoSmithKline
is revising its discount terms and will cease to offer discounts on products
with no price competition from generics or parallel imports. The company
will also reduce the list prices on 25 of its medicines ...more
198 CPPE
doubles number of new contract workshops To help contractors
in England meet the requirements of the new community pharmacy contract,
the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education is doubling the number
of its workshops from April to October ...more
198 PCTs
and contractors do not need to panic Primary care trusts and
pharmacy contractors in England should not panic about meeting the essential
service requirements of the new community pharmacy contract, Alastair
Buxton, head of NHS services at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating
Committee, said last week ...more
198 £38m
of disability payments announced for new contract A total of £38m has been allocated in the funding for the new community pharmacy contract in England and Wales for support for people with disabilities who need help taking their medicines, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee announced this week
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198 Tariff
fees to be rationalised Drug Tariff dispensing fees payable
to community pharmacies in England and Wales are to be simplified to
facilitate the electronic transfer of prescriptions ...more
198 Concern
over chlamydia pilot The National Pharmaceutical Association
has expressed concern at to whether independent community pharmacists
will be able to participate in the Department of Health-sponsored chlamydia
screening pilots announced last week ...more
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199 Antibiotic
resistance in Europe lowest in the north Antibiotic resistance
is less common in northern Europe than it is in southern or eastern Europe,
probably because antibiotics are used less widely in the north ...more
199 Better results
for STIs if patients offered treatment for partners Recurrence
of sexually transmitted infections can be reduced by giving patients
medicines to take home for their partners, new research suggests ...more
199 HIV levels
rising despite prevention efforts The underlying reason for
the continuing rise in HIV infections worldwide is socioeconomic and
represents a failure of prevention, the authors of an editorial in last
week’s BMJ argue ...more
199 Avian flu
symptoms may not always be respiratory Avian influenza may
have a wider clinical spectrum than previously thought, say scientists
who report a further fatal case of the disease in Vietnam ...more
200 Developments
linked with ETP could undermine patient choice Developments
associated with the electronic transfer of prescriptions could undermine
patient choice, according to National Pharmaceutical Association representatives
who raised their concerns with health minister Rosie Winterton at a meeting
this week ...more
200 Pharmacy
workload puts patients at risk Community pharmacists believe
that excessive workloads are putting patient safety at risk, the results
of a new survey suggest ...more
200 Erewash self-care
study launches heart risk assessment through pharmacies Community
pharmacists in Erewash Primary Care Trust are taking part in a new coronary
heart disease risk assessment pilot launched this week ...more
200 Diabetes
screening service launched across Durham Dales A pharmacy-based
diabetes screening service is set to get under way across Durham Dales
Primary Care Trust this month ...more
200 COX-2s raise
blood pressure Selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors raise
blood pressure more than conventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs, say researchers who reviewed data from 19 randomised controlled
trials. They also found that rofecoxib was associated with a higher risk
of clinically important elevations in blood pressure than celecoxib (Celebrex)
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200 Oral rehydration
preferred Oral rehydration therapy should be the preferred
treatment for children with moderate dehydration, say researchers ...more
200 No survival
benefit for flu jab The benefits of influenza vaccination
may be substantially less than previously thought, according to US researchers
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