| 765 Scotland’s minor ailment service details published Community
pharmacists in Scotland will soon find out the details of the minor ailment
service, one of the core services within their new contract ...more
765 Pharmacist
wins national primary care professional of the year award Pam
Grant, a pharmacist in Dorset, has been named primary care professional
of the year at the Department of Health’s 2005 Health and Social
Care Awards ...more
765 Electronic
Controlled Drug registers now legal, following release of good practice
guidance Publication last week of guidance on computerised
Controlled Drug registers means that electronic registers are now lawful.
...more
766 Pharmacy project
highlighted at NHS Live event A pharmacy project on multicultural
concordance was one of only four projects presented in the “live
stage” area at the NHS Live national event ...more
766 Comprehensive
public smoking ban is the
only sensible option, says health committee Comprehensively
banning smoking in public places and work places, including Crown property,
is the only sensible way to protect against exposure to second-hand smoke,
the House of Commons Health Committee says in its report on smoking in
public places ...more
766 Survey highlights
obesity and smoking statistics in England Obesity in adults
in England is on the increase while the number of men and women who smoke
has decreased, according to official figures for 1993 to 2004 ...more
766 UK needs clear
policy for antiviral use in flu pandemic If an influenza pandemic
were to start tomorrow, the UK would be one of the best prepared countries
in the world, but it would still be in a “mess”, Lord Broers
said at the launch of a House of Lords report into pandemic influenza
...more
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767 Patients
want longer pharmacy opening hours Extending the opening hours
of community pharmacies and improving repeat prescription systems are
patients’ priorities for boosting their access to medicines, according
to a report published this week by the consumer magazine Which? ...more
767
Many PCTs have no early
diabetes detection plans Only half of primary care trusts in
England have programmes in place to identify diabetes early in the condition’s
progress, according to a report presented to MPs last week by Diabetes
UK and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes ...more
767 New guidelines
set lower cholesterol targets New clinical guidelines predicted
to reduce the number of people dying each year from cardiovascular disease
have been published ...more
768 Etanercept
might relieve fatigue and depression in psoriasis Etanercept
(Enbrel) might relieve fatigue and symptoms of depression associated with
psoriasis, according to research published online by The Lancet
on 15 December. However, an accompanying comment questions whether the
results are clinically relevant ...more
768 Mediation
may resolve LPC/PSNC dispute Settlement of the long-standing
dispute between the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and
North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee over LPC conference resolutions
may be at hand ...more
768 SSRIs still
prescribed for children, despite safety warnings Selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors continue to be prescribed for the management
of childhood depression, despite warnings from regulatory authorities,
a review of prescribing practices in Ireland has revealed ...more
768 Computer printed
prescriptions possible harmacists who are supplementary prescribers
in GP practices are now able to computer print their prescriptions via
a clinical information system ...more
768 Trevor Jones
presented with lifetime achievement award Trevor Jones, FRPharmS,
former directorgeneral of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical
Industry, received the BTG Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural
Scrip Awards ceremony ...more
768 Lloyds healthy
living campaign Lloydspharmacy is launching a campaign to help
consumers stop bad habits and start living more healthily ...more
768 CPA receives
5,500 BNFs The Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association has
received 5,500 BNFs as part of its PharmAid campaign ...more
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