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283 New
contract in Scotland delayed until June Implementation of the new community pharmacy contract in Scotland has been delayed by two months because a few computer system suppliers have not met the deadline for providing supporting IT
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283 New
plan for managed oxygen supply exit In response to the problems
in home oxygen supply over the past six week, plans for managed exits
of community pharmacies from oxygen cylinder supply are being developed
by the four regional home oxygen supplier companies, NHS Primary Care
Contracting said last week ...more
283 MPs support
pharmacy provision of oxygen Government ministers have been
urged to reverse the decision to transfer the delivery of oxygen away
from pharmacies to private companies ...more
283 NHS chief
executive to retire NHS chief executive Sir Nigel Crisp is
to retire at the end of March. He will be replaced by Sir Ian Carruthers
as acting NHS chief executive ...more
284 Concerns
over new supervision provisions raised Concerns over changes to responsibility and supervision in community pharmacies were raised during the second reading of the Health Bill in the House of Lords last week
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284 NHS staff
in Wales experience harassment Over a quarter of NHS staff
in Wales have experienced harassment from patients, a survey has revealed
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284 Pharmacy
not Cinderella of the health service, says Scottish minister Pharmacy
is no longer the Cinderella of the health service, according to Scottish
First Minister Jack McConnell ...more
285 Pharmacy
will improve commissioning by practices Involving non-medical health care professionals — including pharmacists — in practice-based commissioning at all levels will result in key benefits, according to the latest PBC bulletin published on the Primary Care Contracting website
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285 Pharmacists
included in dermatology group Pharmacists will be included in a Department of Health dermatology group looking at providing care closer to home, David Colin-Thomé, clinical director for primary care at the Department of Health, revealed at an All-Party Pharmacy Group meeting this week
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285 NICE referrals
to be faster Decisions to refer topics for review by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence are to be speeded up
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285 PSNC contractor
election results in just two changes This year's election for contractor representatives on the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has resulted in only two changes to the committee's elected membership
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285 e-Hustings
for election Electronic hustings for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council elections are being organised by the Young Pharmacists' Group this year in place of its regular hustings event
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286 Antibiotic
with novel mode of action launched for skin infections A new
antibiotic to treat complicated skin and soft tissue infections will
be launched by Chiron later this month ...more
286 Bird flu
travel advice issued by Department of Health Leaflets and
posters giving advice to travellers to areas affected by avian influenza
have been produced by the Department of Health ...more
286 Doctors knowingly
hasten death, report concludes New research shows that 62
per cent of 202 GPs surveyed believe that doctors sometimes administer
pain relief to terminally ill patients knowing that it will hasten their
death ...more
286 Scottish
methadone service to be reviewed Scotland's methadone service
is to be reviewed following the death at the end of last year of a toddler
who drank methadone mixture ...more
287 Hospital
pharmacists encouraged to learn at lunch “Learning at
lunch” — the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education hospital
pharmacy training programme — was launched earlier this week ...more
287 Centre for
Pharmacy Postgraduate Education to provide learning resources for technicians A
pharmacy technician learning programme was launched last week by the
Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education ...more
287 First students
admitted as associate members to College of Pharmacy Practice The
first student associates have been admitted to the College of Pharmacy
Practice. Gautam Paul, president of the British Pharmaceutical Students'
Association, and Amy Lepiorz, BPSA educational development officer, were
welcomed into the college by its chief executive Ian Simpson at the BPSA
preregistration conference in Birmingham on 26 February ...more
287 Princess
Royal visits hospital pharmacy Pharmacy staff at Russells
Hall Hospital in Dudley gave the Princess Royal an insight into pharmacy
practice when she attended the hospital's official opening ceremony last
month ...more
287 Lancashire
school plan A new school of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences
is planned at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston ...more
287 Lloyds reaches
millionth test Health minister Caroline Flint received a blood
pressure and diabetes test at Lloydspharmacy in West Wickham, Kent, last
week, as the chain celebrated its millionth such test ...more
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