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323 Idea
that pharmacists can leave premises accepted Key pharmacy
organisations have given a cautious response to two suggestions from
the Government about the future roles and responsibilities of the pharmacy
team. The organisations have, with some provisos, accepted that in future
there may be times when a pharmacist can leave the pharmacy during normal
working hours ...more
323 Society
included in review of health regulators A review of all UK
health regulators, including the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, was expected
to be announced by the Department of Health after The Journal went to
press ...more
323 Core
hours system revised Regulations to implement the new pharmacy
contract in England were laid before Parliament on 10 March, including
core hours determination ...more
324 Bulk
fee dropped in Tariff changes The bulk prescription fee has
been removed from Part IIIA of the April 2005 Drug Tariff, the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee announced last week ...more
324 Community
pharmacies to take on prescription charge refunds from post offices Community
pharmacies will take on the processing of prescription charge refunds
from 1 April, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has announced
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324 Paul
Nightingale appointed as SPGC vice-chairman Paul Nightingale,
Scottish operations manager for Co-operative Group Pharmacy, has been
appointed vice-chairman of the Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council
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324 PSNC
issues guidance on disability laws Pharmacists may be breaking
the law if they fail to provide medicines in a plain screw top bottle
to patients with arthritis, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
warned in new guidance published this week ...more
324 Tax
and VAT payment to be simplified for small businesses Small
businesses will only have to deal with a single Government department
dealing with both tax and VAT, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown
announced this week ...more
325 English prescription charge rises to £6.50 from 1 April Prescription charges in England are to increase by 10p per item on 1 April, rising to £6.50, it was announced last week
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325 Pilot
projects will record levels of violence on pharmacy premises Details
of four pilot projects involving community pharmacists that are part
of a Government drive to help reduce the incidence of violence in primary
care were revealed this week ...more
325 Public health
White Paper plan launched Health Secretary John Reid launched a delivery plan for the Government’s White Paper on improving public health in England last week
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325 NHS complaints
system criticised Patients should be able to complain to primary
care trusts if they are dissatisfied with the service they have received
from primary care contractors, the health service ombudsman for England
has said ...more
326 Wales examines
US chronic disease care model An NHS trust in North Wales
has been looking to the US for inspiration in improving chronic disease
management ...more
326 EC cross-border
services plan to be eased European Commission plans to allow health services to be provided throughout the EU from any member state are expected to be dropped after commission president José Manuel Barroso said that the planned services directive needs serious revision
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326 Ten-year vision for NHS Wales A vision of how the NHS in Wales could look in 10 years’ time was launched by a collaboration of health groups this week, including the Welsh NHS Confederation
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326 EMEA worries
about medicines expertise Concern has been expressed by the
European Medicines Agency (EMEA) over the future availability of scientific
experts to assess new and existing medicines ...more
326 Grants for
older people A total of £60m is available to fund projects to help older people in England avoid emergency hospital visits, health minister Stephen Ladyman announced last week
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327 Clopidogrel
should be standard therapy for acute MI Cardiologists have
predicted that guidelines and clinical practice will change following
the results of two major trials of antiplatelet therapy in acute myocardial
infaction ...more
327 Pharmacy
anticoagulation clinics relieve pressure in other settings Community
pharmacists could offer patients anticoagulation testing in the pharmacy
to help take the pressure off hospital and primary care clinics, a hospital
pharmacist suggested this week ...more
327 Paisley coronary
heart disease scheme is extended A public health scheme that
aims to cut heart disease was granted another three years of funding
this week. Pharmacists have played a significant role in the project — called “Have
a heart Paisley” ...more
327 MeReC considers
statins Recent evidence on use of statin therapy to reduce
coronary heart disease is reviewed in the latest issue of MeReC Briefing ...more
328 Neurology
framework published The National Service Framework for Long-term
Conditions, focusing on neurological conditions, was published by the
Department of Health last week ...more
328 GSK under
continued fire over discounts Community pharmacists’ representative
bodies in Scotland have continued to attack GlaxoSmithKline’s move
to revise its discount terms ...more
329 New treatment
option for patients with colorectal cancer launched Patients
with colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body may
have their survival prolonged by a new drug launched this week ...more
329 Pharmacy-based
TB therapy scheme progressing well An initiative set up by
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to provide directly
observed therapy (DOT) for tuberculosis in the community is to be expanded
to hospitals across the sector in Camden and Islington, Ravijyot Saggu,
the clinical pharmacist involved with the project, said this week ...more
329 People with
vascular disease or diabetes should not use vitamin E supplements Vitamin
E supplements should not be used by people with vascular disease or diabetes,
according to the authors of a new study ...more
329 HAART helps
prevent some cancers in HIV-infected patients Use of highly
active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) appears to prevent excess cases
of certain cancers in people infected with HIV, according to a new study
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329 Cancer networks
should include pharmacy leads Including pharmacy leads in
cancer networks is good practice, according to the National Audit Office’s
progress report on the NHS Cancer Plan published last week ...more
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