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267 More
enhanced service specifications planned as data reveal slow uptake by
primary care bodies One year after the first template specifications
for enhanced services in England and Wales were announced, three more
are on the horizon
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267 Out-of-hours
access to patient information comes a step closer in Scotland Emergency care summaries (ECS) — an electronic record containing basic information about a patient's health — are to be introduced in Scotland, it was announced this week. Although few pharmacists will have direct access to the ECS system initially, they can request information via NHS24
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267 BTS publishes cough
management guidance The first UK guidelines to provide evidence-based
recommendations for the management of cough in adults are published this week
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267 Boots to launch £25 chlamydia test in England and Wales Boots
The Chemists will begin offering a chlamydia testing service in 1,000 of its
stores in England and Wales on 16 October
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268 Unregulated
competition will hurt pharmacy, commission is told Open and unregulated
competition is a crude and damaging policy that needs urgent reassessment if
irreversible damage to the infrastructure of community pharmacy is to be avoided,
the Competition Commission has been told
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268 Resignations prompt
National Pharmacy Association election Elections are soon to be held
to fill seats on the National Pharmacy Association's board that have become vacant
because Steven Williams (area 15) and Martin Bennett (area 2) have resigned
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268 Patricia Hewitt attends
medical centre pharmacy opening Secretary of State for Health Patricia
Hewitt this week opened a Brennans Pharmacy, which has been incorporated into
the Limes Medical Centre in Narborough, Leicestershire
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268 GP dispensing standard
set NHS Primary Care Contracting has published quality requirements that dispensing GP practices in England must meet in order to qualify for an annual payment of £2.58 per dispensing patient
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268 Patient and public
involvement Public involvement in commissioning is the subject of
the sixth practice-based commissioning bulletin published last week
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268 MAS administration
issues Community pharmacists in Scotland have been reminded that they
should not register patients for the minor ailment service (MAS) before obtaining
patient consent in an NHS circular published by the Scottish Executive last week
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268 Diabetes research
network Diabetes research is to be bolstered in Scotland, it was announced
earlier this week
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269 Consultation
on e-prescribing for NHS in England Draft functional requirements
for electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) in the NHS in England have been published
for consultation by NHS Connecting for Health
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269 FIP elects new president Kamal
Midha, professor at the college of pharmacy and nutrition, University of Alberta,
Canada, has been elected for a four-year term as president of the International
Pharmaceutical Federation. Professor Midha has been vice-president of FIP since
1998
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269 Clinical lead wanted
for electronic prescribing in England NHS Connecting for Health is
looking for a pharmacist or GP to appoint as clinical lead for the electronic
prescription service in primary care. The appointed individual will provide clinical
advice and support to the electronic prescription service programme in England
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269 NICE to tackle obesity Guidance
on exercise, play and sport for pre-school and school age children to reduce
obesity is to be produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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269 New CPPE advisory
board Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from all sectors of the
profession in England are invited to apply to the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate
Education to be members of its new Stakeholder and User Advisory Board
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270 DoH
broadens obesity support Over two million more men and more than one
million additional women in England will be obese in 2010 than in 2003, according
to Government estimates
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270 Uncertainty remains
over TNF inhibitors and risk of cancer Patients receiving tumour necrosis
factor (TNF) inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis are not at substantially greater
risk of cancer than those receiving methotrexate, researchers have found. The
findings appear to clash with other research suggesting a greater likelihood
of malignancies compared with placebo
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270 NSAIDs in early pregnancy
associated with birth defects Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (NSAIDs) within the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with an
increased risk of congenital birth defects, a study published online suggests
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271 Further
data oppose inhaled steroids in child wheeze The strategy of giving
inhaled corticosteroids to wheezy children to prevent the development of asthma
has lost further ground with new data published
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271 Pharmacists in Taiwan
trained to compound oseltamivir solution for influenza pandemic Pharmacists
in Taiwan are preparing to compound oral solutions of oseltamivir should an influenza
pandemic hit the country
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271 Meta-analysis does
not support furosemide for treating or preventing acute renal failure Patients
do not benefit from the use of furosemide for the treatment or prevention of
acute renal failure, a recent study published
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271 GB health departments
launch campaign to encourage uptake of pneumococcal vaccination in children Parents
are to be encouraged to have their children immunised against pneumococcal disease
in a campaign launched by British health departments this week
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271 Goats' milk infant
formula no longer available in UK Infant milk formulas based on goats'
milk proteins will not be available in the UK from 17 September, the Department
of Health has announced
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