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3 New hypertension treatment recommendations Beta-blockers are no longer recommended as routine initial therapy for hypertension in England and Wales, say the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the British Hypertension Society in an updated guideline
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3 NICE drug evaluations have not been discredited, says Prime Minister Prime Minister Tony Blair has defended the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence as a way of evaluating drugs for use by the NHS
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3 Scottish contract and minor ailment service start on 1 July This weekend sees the start of Scotland’s new community pharmacy contract. From 1 July, pharmacists can offer consultations through the minor ailment service
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4 Examination introduced for registering in Australia UK qualified pharmacists who want to work in Australia will soon have to take a competency examination before they can register, the Council of Pharmacy Registering Authorities (COPRA) and the Australian Pharmacy Examining Council have announced
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4 Science funding restricts pharmacy education,
warns the Society Continued funding of pharmacy degrees as science, rather than clinical, degrees is likely to create a pinch point in pharmacy education, the House of Commons’ Health Select Committee has been told
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4 Scottish NHS drugs inquiry Prescribing
and licensing of drugs in NHS Scotland was the topic of an inquiry by
the Scottish Parliament’s health committee
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4 Pharmacists
in the Irish Republic denied the right to prescribe Pharmacists
in the Irish Republic have been refused the right to prescribe, even
for minor ailments, despite claims that it would reduce delays for patients
and ease pressure on GPs and accident and emergency departments in hospitals
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5 NPA wants registration/membership link broken Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and registration as a pharmacist should cease to be linked, the National Pharmacy Association has said
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5 S60 Order “a wasted opportunity” to ensure public safety, says PDA Plans for the future regulation of pharmacy are a wasted opportunity to ensure the enhanced safety of the public, the Pharmacists’ Defence Association has told the Department of Health
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5 Pharmacy voice joins White Paper working group on ways to deliver care outside hospitals The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has been invited to be part of a Government working group charged with demonstrating how health care can be provided closer to home
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6 TNF inhibitor infection risk coupled with lower CV risk Tumour
necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors increase patients’ risk of being
admitted to hospital for infection, but appear to reduce their cardiovascular
risk, two studies presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology
in Amsterdam last week suggest
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6 Rituximab limits
joint damage Rituximab plus methotrexate is associated with
significant inhibition of joint structural damage in rheumatoid arthritis
patients with inadequate response to one or more tumour necrosis factor
inhibitors, according to data presented at the Annual European Congress
of Rheumatology in Amsterdam
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6 Heart attack data released How the NHS manages heart attacks has been summarised in a new report by the Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project
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6 Industry self-regulation "does
not work" Self-regulation of marketing activities by
the pharmaceutical industry does not work and the industry demonstrates
little corporate social responsibility (CSR), according to an international
association of consumer groups
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6 Insulin use
in type 2 diabetes linked with hypertension Patients with
type 2 diabetes mellitus who take insulin may be at a higher risk of
developing hypertension than those who do not, a recent study has shown
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7 Lung disease is latest Government priority for NSF Management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is set to come under scrutiny following the announcement that a new national service framework is to be developed
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7 NSF update issued for paediatric renal care National service frameworks (NSFs) for renal services and children’s services have been brought together in a new document published by the Department of Health
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7 Continue to use caution when prescribing naproxen Naproxen should continue to be prescribed with the same caution as for other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for patients with cardiovascular risk factors or disease, a MeReC Rapid Review concludes
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7 NICE issues recommendations for management of Parkinson’s disease and prostate cancer People with Parkinson’s disease admitted to hospital or to care homes should receive their medicines at appropriate times, which may mean allowing self-medication, according to a guideline published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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8 Rimonabant launched for the obese and overweight The first drug in a new class of anti-obesity medicines has been launched this week by sanofi aventis
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8 Accessible services will be key to helping smokers quit in wake of English smoking ban Easily accessible and flexible smoking cessation services will be essential if smokers are to be motivated to quit in the wake of the smoking ban in bars and public houses in England, which is due to come into effect in October 2007, according to Robert West, of the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit at University College London
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8 Smoking cessation therapies need to be used in new ways Smoking cessation medicines such as nicotine-replacement therapy and rimonabant (which was launched this week as a treatment for obesity, see above) may have to be used in new ways to help prompt smokers to quit
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8 Scottish smoking ban has 99 pc adherence Scotland’s smoking ban is being adhered to, according to published figures
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8 Use minimum treatment for childhood fever Parents should be advised to use the minimum medication necessary to treat fever in their children because of the lack of evidence to support one pharmacological regimen over another
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