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669 Supplementary
prescribing could fragment care Supplementary prescribing
by pharmacists risks fragmenting patient care, according to a report
published this week
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669 Over
a quarter of NHS bodies in England now running annual deficits One
in four NHS bodies in England are now over-budget, a joint report published
this week by the National Audit Office and the Audit Commission has revealed
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669 North East
London LPC cleared of misuse of NHS money North East London
Local Pharmaceutical Committee has been cleared of misuse of NHS funds
by the NHS Counter Fraud Service
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670 Pharmacists may lose
out on blood glucose strips Pharmacy contractors in England and Wales
will be asked to dispense almost 90 per cent of blood glucose strips at a loss
from August if the Government goes ahead with plans to reduce Drug Tariff prices,
the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee says
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670 Pharmacies exceeding
MUR quota prompts DoH guidance Some pharmacies may be exceeding the
current annual limit of 250 medicines use reviews (MURs), the Department of Health
believes, and it has issued guidance on what primary care trusts should do if
this occurs
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670 Patients to have
more choice NHS patients now have a wider choice of NHS hospitals
to go to when referred for specialist treatment. Soon they will also be able
to choose independent sector treatment centres as well
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670 Oxygen cylinder reimbursements
to continue Pharmacy contractors will continue to be reimbursed for
oxygen cylinders for the foreseeable future, NHS Primary Care Contracting told
The Journal this week
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670 “Think more
radically,” says chief pharmaceutical officer In his first speech to community pharmacists as chief pharmaceutical officer for England, Keith Ridge urged the profession to “think more radically”, particularly in terms of supervision
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670 University exam boycott
suspended as union considers deal The University and College Union — created on 1 June by the amalgamation of the Association of University Teachers and NATFHE — has this week agreed to suspend the industrial action involving a boycott of assessment and examination marking by its members
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671 Overwhelming support
for new contract in Scotland Community pharmacist contractors in Scotland
have voted overwhelmingly to support their proposed new contract
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671 Scotland to have
local pharmacist lists Pharmacists in Scotland who provide services
under the new community pharmacy contract will be required to register with local
NHS boards. However, delays in the legislative process mean that this requirement
will not be introduced until later in the year
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671 Minor ailment service
registration starts Pharmacists are reporting a successful start to
the minor ailment service (MAS) in Scotland following the start of the patient
registration period last week
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671 Pharmacists involved
in AAMW award-winning projects In the inaugural Ask About Medicines
Week Award, in which there were five categories, pharmacists were members of
two winning teams
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671 Standards for support
workers National standards for health care support workers have been
drafted in Scotland
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672 Community collaborative
speeds up implementation of services Primary care trusts and community
pharmacists involved in the Community Pharmacy Framework Collaborative, which
held its final learning workshop last month, have been able to implement new
services more quickly and to learn from pharmacy innovators across England
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672 NPSA reissues guidance
on oral methotrexate Almost one in five NHS organisations in England
and Wales has failed to implement National Patient Safety Agency recommendations
to reduce the risk of harm associated with incorrect use of oral methotrexate
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672 MeReC launches Rapid
Review as electronic publication A new electronic publication — MeReC
Rapid Review — has been published by the National Prescribing Centre
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672 Act now or risk relegation
to second division of the NHS When pharmacists deliver useful services
commissioning bodies will realise that pharmacy is worth engaging, Steve Dunn,
group managing director at AAH Pharmaceuticals told pharmacists and suppliers
at the annual AAH convention in Athens this week
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672 United Co-op expands United
Co-operatives has acquired the 56 branches of the P. Williams pharmacy group
for an undisclosed sum
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673 Trial suggests survival
benefit with exemestane Postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive,
early breast cancer do better if they are switched to exemestane after a few
years' treatment with tamoxifen, according to data from the intergroup exemestane
study
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673 Imatinib affords
five-year survival of almost 90 pc in CML The long-term success of imatinib (Glivec) treatment for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) has been highlighted in a presentation of data from five-years' experience with the drug
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673 Oncology societies
call for access to innovation Patients with cancer should have access
to innovative medicines and should be able to participate in relevant clinical
trials, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the European
Society for Medical Oncology
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673 Raloxifene may be
more acceptable choice for breast cancer prevention than tamoxifen Raloxifene
is as effective as tamoxifen in reducing the risk of invasive breast cancer in
at-risk postmenopausal women and may be a more acceptable choice for chemoprevention,
according to US researchers
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674 New rules set to
boost paediatric medicine research Final agreement has been reached
on European rules intended to encourage proper testing and licensing of medicines
for paediatric use
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674 High doses of ibuprofen
increase vascular events High-dose regimens of ibuprofen and diclofenac
are associated with a moderate increase in the risk of vascular events, a meta-analysis
published
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674 Reimbursement should
not hinder access All members of the EU need to look at their systems
for paying for medicines to see how they can prevent delays to patients getting
new medicines and support innovation in the pharmaceutical industry
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674 MDI with spacer as
effective as nebulisers in asthma attacks Using a metered-dose inhaler
with a spacer device to deliver beta-2 agonists during an acute asthma attack
is at least as effective as using nebulisers, according to an updated review
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