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221 Do
not get left behind, NHS CfH warns contractors Pharmacy contractors
who unduly delay becoming compliant with release 1 of the electronic
prescription service (EPS) run the risk of being left behind when release
2 is deployed nationally, Tim Donohoe, group programme director for the
National Programme for IT, told The Journal in an interview this week
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221 No
evidence that PCTs slow to issue smartcards, says NHS CfH Pharmacy
contractors should inform their supplier or NHS Connecting for Health
if primary care trusts are slow to issue smartcards, Tim Donohoe, group
programme director for the National Programme for IT, told The Journal
earlier this week. However, he added that NHS CfH has not detected any
particular evidence that PCTs have not been forthcoming with smartcards
...more
221 Pharmacy
applications up but university applications down Applications
for pharmacy courses are up by 9.6 per cent amid a general decline in
the number of students applying to UK higher education institutions this
year, according to the latest statistics from the Universities and Colleges
Admissions Service (UCAS) ...more
222 Pharmacy
oxygen supplies should continue Home oxygen provision should
be opened up to allow community pharmacies to continue to provide cylinders
to patients alongside the new supplier companies, the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee said last week ...more
222 Independent
pharmacies threatened, say MPs Independent pharmacies stand
only a moderate chance of still being in business in 2015, according
to a Parliamentary report published last week ...more
222 Ximelagatran
withdrawn due to liver safety concerns The oral anticoagulant ximelagatran (Exanta), a direct thrombin inhibitor, has been withdrawn from the market and its development has been terminated, AstraZeneca announced last week
...more
222 MA for Herceptin
submitted Roche announced this week that it has submitted
a marketing authorisation application to the European Medicines Agency
for Herceptin (trastuzumab) as adjuvant treatment for early stage HER2-positive
breast cancer ...more
223 Discharge
guidance to reduce medicines-related risk Detailed guidance for those involved in moving patients between different health care settings has been launched by a group of pharmacy organisations with the aim of reducing medicines-related risks on admission, transfer or discharge
...more
223 Manslaughter
investigation protocol agreed Police investigations into unexpected deaths or serious untoward harm in the NHS should only take place when there is clear evidence of a criminal offence having been committed
...more
223 Welsh innovations
support Support for health professionals developing innovations
for the NHS in Wales was announced by health minister Brian Gibbons last
week ...more
223 Seizure and
abnormal heart rhythm warning on atomoxetine Warnings on the
risk of seizures and abnormal heart rhythm when taking atomoxetine (Strattera;
Lilly) have been set out in a Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory
Agency letter to doctors ...more
223 Switch data
exclusivity guidance Guidelines on how pharmaceutical companies can claim a year's data exclusivity on reclassifications of medicines from prescription-only to over-the-counter status have been published by the European Commission
...more
223 MPs welcome
prescribing plans Plans for pharmacists to be able to prescribe
independently have been welcomed by members of Parliament in an Early-Day
Motion ...more
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224 NICE releases
nutrition guidance Pharmacists should be included in multidisciplinary
teams providing nutrition support to patients in England and Wales, National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines issued this week
recommend ...more
224 Chronic hepatitis
B treatments given thumbs up by NICE Newer treatments for
chronic hepatitis B in adults have been recommended for use in the NHS
in England and Wales by the National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence ...more
224 Alternating
paracetamol/ibuprofen regimen effectively lowers fever in children An
alternating regimen of paracetamol and ibuprofen lowers fever faster
than either drug alone in children aged six to 36 months, without increasing
adverse effects, according to a paper ...more
224 Infection
a risk with preservative-free drops Some patients using preservative-free
eye drops in multiple-use containers could be at risk of serious eye
infection due to microbial contamination of the product, according to
the authors of a new study ...more
225 Role of antibiotic
pharmacists gets doctors' support Support for hospital antibiotic
pharmacists has been given this week in a report released by the British
Medical Association ...more
225 Most pharmacists
not confident in supply of prescription-only veterinary medicines Most
pharmacists do not believe they are competent to supply prescription-only
veterinary medicines, the results of a survey published last week suggest
...more
225 Society adviser
becomes MP Willie Rennie, who has been public affairs adviser
to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland, has been elected to
Parliament ...more
225 Generic exemption
plan for prescription charges NHS managers have been discussing
exempting prescriptions for generic medicines from the prescription charge
...more
225 Guidance
for practice-based commissioning issued A booklet of top tips,
practical ideas and case studies for use by GPs and other primary care
staff to help them get involved in practice-based commissioning has been
published by the Department of Health ...more
225 Health Acts
to be consolidated The 14 Acts of Parliament that govern the
NHS are to be consolidated into two Acts — one for England and
one for Wales ...more
225 Monitoring
ADRs New software has been introduced at the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to analyse reported adverse drug
reactions ...more
226 Funding set
to close paediatric dosing knowledge gap Little is currently
being done to study prescribing and dosing errors in children in the
UK, researchers have found in the preliminary stages of a new project
being funded by the Department of Health ...more
226 Drug metabolism
differs in children and adults Specific differences between
children and adults in the types and levels of enzymes that metabolise
drugs have now been identified by researchers ...more
226 World Health
Organization calls for concrete international action on counterfeit medicines Immediate
concrete action against the growing global epidemic of counterfeit medicines
has been called for by the World Health Organization ...more
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