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349 Society
not included on regulatory review committee Nicholas Wood,
President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, has written to health
minister Lord Warner expressing dismay that the Society has not been
included on the advisory committee set up to review the regulation of
health professions ...more
349 Shipman
case pharmacist cleared with no case to answer Ghislaine Brant, the pharmacist who dispensed prescriptions for diamorphine that was subsequently used by Harold Shipman to kill many of his patients, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Statutory Committee
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349 GSK offers contractors £61 compensation for price changes GlaxoSmithKline has offered contractors a £61 payment in compensation for its price changes due to take effect on 1 April
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350 Sexual
health services are continuing to deteriorate Rates of sexually
transmitted infections are rising, and waiting times for sexual health
clinics have continued to deteriorate, according to a report published
by the Commons Health Select Committee this week ...more
350 Stop
smoking services unlikely to meet targets NHS smoking cessation services are unlikely to meet the Government’s targets for reducing smoking prevalence in England, a study published online suggests
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350 Age-exemption
rules relaxed From 1 April patients who are exempt from prescription charges on age grounds and whose age or date of birth is computer generated on a paper prescription form or appears on an electronic prescription message will no longer be required to sign the declaration on the prescription form to claim exemption
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350 Funding
for local health pilot projects announced Funding of £1.2m for projects to improve the health of local communities in England was announced last week by public health minister Melanie Johnson
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350 Only
8pc will smoke by 2050 Only 8 per cent of the population will
be smokers by 2050 as more people turn to stop smoking aids, according
to a report published this month by the think tank the Future Foundation
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350 Obesity
reduces life expectancy Obesity reduces life expectancy in
the US population by one-third to three-quarters of a year, researchers
estimate ...more
350 Post traumatic
stress guideline How to improve the recognition, screening
and treatment of post traumatic stress disorder is addressed in a clinical
guideline issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence this
week ...more
351 More face-to-face
medicines reviews are needed Although 60 per cent of primary
care trusts are achieving, or expect to achieve, medicines review targets
specified in the National Service Framework for Older People more patient
involvement is needed, according to a report published by Medicines Partnership
this week ...more
351 Latest BNF
now available BNF 49, the latest edition of the British National
Formulary, was published this week ...more
351 Inappropriate
use of medicines by elderly is lower in UK than in other European countries Inappropriate
use of medicines by elderly patients who are cared for in their own homes
is lower in the UK than in many other European countries, a retrospective
study of 2,707 elderly patients reveals ...more
351 Patient safety
is focus for new Parliamentary group Patient safety is the
focus for a Parliamentary group which was launched earlier this month
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351 Consultation
to strengthen regulation launched by MHRA Views on proposals
to implement new EU medicines legislation in the UK are being sought
by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. The legislation
is designed to strengthen medicines regulation ...more
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352 Swedes learn
from medicines management project The integrated medicines
management project based at Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Ireland, has
attracted the attention of colleagues from Sweden who plan to set up
a similar scheme ...more
352 Demand for
pharmacy staff in managed sector is increasing Numbers of
qualified staff employed within pharmacy in the NHS in England have increased
50 per cent over a seven-year period, according to the results of the
latest workforce survey published by the Department of Health this week
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353 Consultation
on public health guidance launched How public health guidance
will be produced is the subject of a consultation launched by the National
Institute for Clinical Excellence this week ...more
353 No move to
central medicines purchasing in Scotland Current arrangements
for purchasing medicines for the NHS are cost-effective and should be
maintained, according to Scottish health minister Andy Kerr ...more
353 DoH arm’s-length
body cuts will save £150m over next year Planned cuts
in the number of “arm’s-length bodies” attached to
the Department of Health will save £150m in the coming financial
year. The money is to be redirected into NHS services ...more
353 UniChem hospital
pharmacy focus group welcomed Hospital pharmacists working
in procurement have welcomed a focus group set up by UniChem that aims
to improve working relationships between the wholesaler and customers
within the NHS ...more
353 Health and
social care inspection bodies to merge by 2008 A single inspection
body for health and adult social care is to be created by merging the
Healthcare Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection ...more
354 Students
would like management training in the MPharm course Management
training should be incorporated into the pharmacy undergraduate degree
course, according to pharmacy students attending the British Pharmaceutical
Students’ Association annual conference being held in Nottingham
this week ...more
354 Contract
guides for PCOs and support staff launched The National Pharmaceutical
Association has launched guides for primary care organisations and support
staff to help them implement the new contract ...more
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