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71 Pharmacies
to make annual CD use declarations NHS community pharmacies
in England will have to make regular declarations to primary care trusts
about Controlled Drugs under draft plans issued by the Department of
Health last week. Private pharmacies will have to complete similar declarations
and send them to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society ...more
71 Hospital
pharmacists commended for their effective response to terror attack in
London Hospital pharmacists commended for their effective response to terror attack in London
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71 Putting
a value on risk reduction strategies can promote patient safety Patient safety can be promoted by putting a value on risk reduction strategies, according to Gillian Cavell, deputy director of pharmacy for medication safety, King’s College Hospital, London
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72 Pharmacists
will be forced to break labelling law Pharmacists will be
forced to break the law if plans to implement new European legislation
in the UK go ahead, according to the National Pharmacy Association ...more
72 Patients who
need an MDS might not get one Patients who need monitored dosage systems to help them take their medicines properly might not get them because of the combined effect of the new pharmacy contract and the Disability Discrimination Act, the National Pharmacy Association has warned
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72 Pharmacists
in Wales to use different MUR forms Pharmacists in Wales will not be using the same medicines use review form as those in England, Community Pharmacy Wales announced this week
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72 Changes to
schools tuberculosis vaccination programme to be made throughout the
UK Changes to the tuberculosis vaccination programme across the UK were announced last week. Schoolchildren will no longer be routinely vaccinated
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72 New forms to combat Welsh “prescription tourism” Reduced prescription charges in Wales will soon only apply to patients presenting with new bilingual Welsh prescriptions issued by Welsh practices, it was announced this week
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73 Scottish supplementary
prescribers get clinic funds Funds to enable community pharmacists to set up supplementary prescribing clinics have been announced this week by the Scottish Executive
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73 Pharmacist
qualifies as a First Contact Care practitioner in England Mohammed Ahmed has become the first pharmacist in England to complete the “First Contact Care” postgraduate diploma and is now qualified to practise as a First Contact practitioner
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73 Increase in
antimicrobial pharmacy posts may be temporary Pharmacists taking part in specialist antimicrobial ward rounds and reporting of antibiotic expenditure have both increased significantly although both may be temporary. These are the findings of an interim analysis of the Department of Health’s £12m clinical pharmacy antimicrobial initiative
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73 Acupuncture
helps osteoarthritis Acupuncture may reduce pain and improve function in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. However, it only appears to be effective for short-term relief, new research published online suggests
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73 Mental health
for older people The Department of Health has published “Securing better mental health for older adults”, providing a vision of health and social care services in England working together to ensure that older people with mental illness have the same care that younger people do
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74 Evidence to
support clopidogrel use over aspirin is not convincing Advantages
of using clopidogrel over aspirin to prevent vascular events after stroke
are not convincing, the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin concludes
in its latest issue ...more
74 Mail-order
animal medicines to be allowed Updated plans to allow limited
advertising of veterinary prescription medicines and mail order supplies
have been published ...more
74 Updated advice
for women on lamotrigine and the pill Prescribing information
for lamotrigine (Lamictal) has been updated following new data showing
that the drug interacts with combined oral contraceptives ...more
74 Beta-blockers
may be of use in surgery but evidence weak Some evidence exists
to support use of beta-blockers to prevent major cardiovascular events
in non-cardiac surgery but definitive conclusions cannot be drawn, say
Canadian researchers ...more
74 Parkinson’s
and gambling Dopamine agonists may cause some patients to
start gambling, a study suggests ...more
75 Pharmacists
not reimbursed for collaborative costs Some community pharmacists
are being expected to give up to two days of their time free in order
to supplement a £4m Department of Health project ...more
75 Only 6pc of
smokers advised by a pharmacist Only 6 per cent of smokers
have been given advice on smoking by a pharmacist in the past five years,
according to a survey of smoking-related behaviour and attitudes published
by the Office for National Statistics last week ...more
75 Food supplement
and vitamin restrictions to go ahead, following European court ruling Plans
to ban certain food supplements and place upper limits on vitamin doses
in supplements are to go ahead in August ...more
75 Public health
competencies A draft framework through which pharmacists can
register as “defined specialists in public health pharmacy” on
the UK Voluntary Register for public health specialists has been published
by the NHS Public Health Resource Unit ...more
75 Symptoms recur
after HRT Over half of women who have hot flushes and night
sweats before taking hormone replacement therapy experience these symptoms
when therapy is discontinued, a survey of 8,405 women has shown ...more
75 Dementia and
statins Statin therapy does not offer protection against developing
dementia, a cohort study of 3,000 participants suggests ...more
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