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635 Pharmacists
can influence future of primary care Primary care will be the focus of the Government’s reform of the NHS over the next five years, Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health, announced at last week’s first full meeting of the National Leadership Network (a coalition of stakeholders that replaces the NHS Modernisation Board)
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635 Society
investigates De Montfort University Allegations of irregular
assessment practices at De Montfort University school of pharmacy in
Leicester are being investigated by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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635 NHS
Scotland to be reformed Major reforms of the NHS in Scotland
were announced on 25 May, as The Journal went to press. Recommendations
for the future of the NHS are set out in a framework called Building
a health service fit for the future but known as the Kerr report after
lead author David Kerr ...more
635 New
health and social care strategy for Wales launched A new 10-year
strategy for health and social care in Wales has been launched by Welsh
Health Minister Brian Gibbons ...more
636 Wholesaler
knew drugs it bought were counterfeits At least one licensed
UK pharmaceutical wholesaler knowingly bought and sold counterfeit medicines
last year, according to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory
Agency ...more
636 New
EU countries struggle with drug safety Countries that recently
joined the European Union are struggling to keep up with the demands
of medicines safety issues ...more
636 EU
medicines law guidelines Draft guidelines on European medicines
legislation that comes into force on 20 November are being prepared by
the European Commission ...more
636 Society’s
striking-off decision is upheld by the High Court Two pharmacists
who launched a hate campaign against a wholesaler were rightly ordered
to be struck off the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists, the High Court
has ruled ...more
636 Shipman
witness wins award Duncan White, the police chemist inspection officer who gave evidence to the Shipman Inquiry, has been commended for his work by the Association of Chief Police Officers’ drugs committee
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637 Strict
controls on electronic health records promised Patients’ anxieties about the confidentiality of their health records are addressed in a “guarantee” published by the Department of Health this week. It outlines the controls that will be introduced when the new electronic databases are created as part of Connecting for Health, the national programme for IT
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637 Second pharmacy
goes live with ETP A pharmacy in Croydon, Surrey, has become
the second pharmacy to go live with electronic transmission of prescriptions
(ETP) ...more
637 AAH supports
enhanced services through new scheme Independent pharmacies
wishing to win funding for enhanced services can rely on AAH for support,
Mandeep Mudhar, director of marketing, AAH, announced at the AAH convention
held in Portugal last week ...more
637 Digby Emson
leaves Boots Digby Emson has retired from his position as
director of professional services at Boots The Chemists ...more
637 Repeat dispensing
and MURs Tips on how to get started with repeat dispensing
practical advice about completing a medicines use review, an advanced
service, and filling in the MUR form ...more
637 New NHS IT
director Richard Jeavons, currently chairman of the NHS Connecting for Health (national programme for IT) North East cluster, has been appointed Connecting for Health’s national director of IT service implementation
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638 Campaign
in Fife highlights minor ailments role of pharmacists Community
pharmacists in Fife are to participate in a campaign this week to raise
public awareness about treatment of minor ailments ...more
638 Public confused
about health services Members of the public are still confused
about which health service they should use if they are unwell, according
to research published by Developing Patient Partnerships ...more
638 Public wants
more self care information from pharmacists Pharmacists are under-used as an information source by the general public, according to a survey published on the Department of Health’s website last week
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639 200th PEC
pharmacist is appointed in England Ashley Todd has become
the 200th pharmacist to be appointed to a professional executive committee
in England ...more
639 Pharmacy
team wins regional NHS innovations award in South East Primary
care pharmacists based at Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust have
won first prize in a regional NHS innovations competition ...more
639 Some PCTs
fail to engage with community pharmacists A third of all primary
care trusts are failing to engage with community pharmacists in terms
of setting up local pharmacy-based pilot projects for new services, research
suggests ...more
639 Submit oxygen
cylinder audits, say NPA and PSNC Contractors are being urged
to submit audits of their oxygen cylinder holdings to BOC by 31 May ...more
639 PSNC clarifies
bank holiday opening rules for pharmacies Pharmacies in England
are not required to open on bank holidays, Christmas Day and Good Friday
to meet the “40-hours per week” commitment set out in the
new community pharmacy contract ...more
640 Training
device improves QoL for asthma patients A new device designed
to help maintain a slow inhalation rate improves quality of life scores
in asthma patients, according to researchers who presented their work
at the American Thoracic Society’s annual meeting in San Diego
this week ...more
640 Long-acting
anticholinergic improves lung function for a range of COPD patients Treatment
with the long-acting anticholinergic tiotropium (Spiriva) improves lung
function and reduces exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, according to the first primary care study to investigate
this in a broad range of patients ...more
640 Long-term
follow-up confirms safety profile of bosentan Long-term follow-up
of almost 5,000 patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treated
with the endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan revealed a good safety
profile with a low risk of liver function abnormalities ...more
640 COPD
patients need more advice on using home oxygen Patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may be using oxygen inappropriately,
a UK study presented at the American Thoracic Society’s annual
meeting shows ...more
640 GPs may be
using suboptimal pneumonia treatment A survey of GPs has shown
that many may be using suboptimal antibiotic treatment to treat community
acquired pneumonia (CAP) ...more
641 Rosuvastatin
adverse reactions reported more often Reports of adverse drug
reactions associated with the lipid-lowering agent rosuvastatin (Crestor)
are more common than those associated with several other statins, US
researchers have shown ...more
641 NICE restricts
clopidogrel and dipyridamole Patients who have experienced
a stroke or heart attack, or who have symptomatic peripheral arterial
disease, can be treated with the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel (Plavix)
but only if they cannot tolerate aspirin, the National Institute for
Health and Clinical Excellence announced this week ...more
641 New
CHF guidelines out Updated guidelines on chronic heart failure
have been published by the European Society of Cardiology ...more
641 Special interest
pharmacists to get contract frameworks Contracting frameworks
for pharmacists with a special interest in particular aspects of health
care are to be developed by the NHS primary care contracting team ...more
641 Calendar
packs improve compliance with treatment Distributing medicines
in blister packs rather than in bottles may increase the likelihood of
them being taken correctly, a study of 88 patients aged 65 years or older
suggests ...more
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