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35 New
health Act in Scotland will transform pharmacy Pharmacy is
one part of health care that is to be transformed in Scotland following
the passing of a new health Bill ...more
35 NPA
becomes National Pharmacy Association and unveils new logo The
National Pharmaceutical Association has decided to call itself the National
Pharmacy Association and launched its new name and corporate logo last
week ...more
35 POM-to-P
move planned for trimethoprim Consultation has started on
making trimethoprim a pharmacy medicine for the treatment of acute bacterial
cystitis ...more
36 Lack of support
for relaxation of personal control Consultation by the Department of Health on the skill mix needs in pharmacy has shown that less than half of respondents favour redefining “personal control” in community pharmacy so that pharmacists are not tied to their premises
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36 Pharmacists’ Defence Association produces services contract for locums and proprietors A new services contract for locum pharmacists that makes clear the responsibilities of both locums and proprietors has been produced by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association
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36 Preregistration
trainees to benefit from AfC changes The Guild of Healthcare
Pharmacists has reached an agreement with the Agenda for Change Job Evaluation
Working Party for a band 5 profile for preregistration trainees ...more
37 Concerns over
retained purchase profits allayed Concerns that the Department of Health looks set to take £200m too much out of retained purchase profits have been allayed by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
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37 CHRE drafting
guidance on sanctions to be imposed by regulators of health professions Guidance on sanctions that should be imposed by regulators when health professionals fall short of expected standards is being prepared by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence. Draft guidance was considered by the CHRE on 5 July
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37 Vantage health
care services available to all pharmacies The Vantage health
care portfolio of services has been redesigned into a series of pay-as-you-go
services that will now be available to all community pharmacies, AAH
announced this week ...more
37 Supplementary
prescribing extended to optometrists Optometrists joined the
ranks of those able to become supplementary prescribers on 30 June ...more
38 SMC rules
on six more medicines Provigil (modafinil) should not be used
for excessive sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnoea, hypopnoea
or moderate to severe shift work sleep disorder, the Scottish Medicines
Consortium advised NHS prescribers in NHS Scotland last month ...more
38 Scottish Executive
wants better use made of CHI data Better use needs to be made
of community health index (CHI) numbers, the Scottish Executive has advised
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38 Warn about
medicines that impair cognition, MP insists Medicines that
seriously impair cognitive function should be marked with a warning red
triangle, according to Labour MP Andrew Dismore (Hendon) ...more
38 Irish to lift ban on “outside” supervising pharmacists A long-standing ban in the Irish Republic preventing pharmacists who trained abroad from running pharmacies is to be lifted under new legislation
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38 Scottish cytotoxic
guidance Guidance on the safe use of cytotoxic chemotherapy
was published this week by the Scottish Executive Health Department ...more
38 Hydroxyurea
vs anagrelide Essential thrombocythaemia patients treated
with hydroxyurea and aspirin are less likely to have vascular events
than those treated with anagrelide and aspirin ...more
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39 Communication
essential for public health agenda More sharing of best practice
is needed to help primary care trusts implement the “choosing health” agenda,
according to delegates at a public health conference this week ...more
39 Anti-smoking
campaign focuses on fertility and attractiveness A new anti-smoking
campaign, focusing on fertility and attractiveness, has been launched
in England by the Department of Health ...more
39 NPA guidance
on carrying out patient surveys planned To help contractors
through the patient survey process required by the new community pharmacy
contract in England and Wales, the National Pharmacy Association is to
develop a free-of-charge guide for its members ...more
39 Avian influenza
identified in a population of wild geese The virus that causes
avian influenza has been identified in a migratory goose population in
western China, several reports say this week ...more
39 Health record
consultation The Department of Health is proposing that the
1999 guidance “For the record – managing records in NHS trusts
and health authorities” be replaced with a new code of practice
that has been developed in conjunction with NHS Connecting for Health
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39 STI cases
rise Diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections rose by
2 per cent overall between 2003 and 2004, according to figures released
by the Health Protection Agency ...more
40 WHO calls
for adequate vitamin D supplementation More aggressive supplementation
with vitamin D is needed for post-menopausal women with osteoporosis,
according to a review conducted by the World Health Organization and
presented at a recent meeting on bone health ...more
40 Children:
walk on the sunny side of the street Some British adolescents
are not exposed to sufficient sunlight to satisfy their body’s
requirement for vitamin D, says Brian Diffey, of Newcastle General Hospital,
in an editorial published in the BMJ. However, he adds that
there is not enough evidence to abandon current skin cancer awareness
campaigns ...more
40 EMEA guideline
procedures Procedures intended to lead to transparency in
the development, consultation, finalisation and implementation of guidelines
based on European pharmaceutical law have been set by the European Medicines
Agency (EMEA) ...more
41 Both aspirin
and vitamin E fail to reduce cancer risk Taking low-dose aspirin
every other day does not reduce the risk of a healthy woman developing
cancer, newly analysed data suggest ...more
41 One-third
of women prefer to obtain EHC from pharmacies Making emergency
hormonal contraception available over the counter has not increased its
use, although fewer women now obtain it from GPs and clinics, say researchers
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41 Doxycycline
may slow osteoarthritis progress Doxycycline slows the rate
of disease progression in osteoarthritis of the knee, according to researchers
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41 SSRIs may
lessen risk of recurrent cardiac events and death Selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may reduce the risk of recurrent
myocardial infarction (MI) or death in patients who have had an acute
MI, a secondary analysis of the enhancing recovery in coronary heart
disease (ENRICHD) study has shown ...more
R&D news
42 Monoclonal
antibody prevents rejection after heart transplants Patients
treated with a monoclonal antibody plus standard immunosuppressive therapy
after having a heart transplant are less likely to reject the new organ
than those who receive only standard therapy, according to recent research
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42 Rimonabant
shows benefits other than weight loss Rimonabant, a drug being
developed by sanofi-aventis, exerts direct metabolic effects on type
2 diabetes independent of weight loss, according to results from the
rimonabant in obesity (RIO)-diabetes trial ...more
42 Latest GSK
vaccines target “biggest killers” Five new vaccines
due to be launched over the next five years will target some of the diseases
that are the biggest killers today, according to GlaxoSmithKline ...more
42 Positive data
for insomnia drug Ramelteon, a drug under investigation in
the US for the treatment of insomnia, has been shown to help adults fall
asleep faster and sleep for longer ...more
42 MAb for diabetes Short-term
treatment with a monoclonal antibody against CD3 T cells helps preserve
residual beta cell function and stops insulin requirements rising for
the first 18 months after diagnosis of type 1 diabetes ...more
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