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381 Patients
must be comfortable sharing health data Patients need to be
comfortable about extending access to their personal information to pharmacists,
Rosie Winterton, Minister of State for Health Services, said at a Labour
Party Conference fringe meeting held in Manchester earlier this week
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381 Pharmacists
should help identify patients at risk from influenza Pharmacists
can contribute to this year's influenza campaign by identifying patients
at risk and encouraging them to get vaccinated
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381 Pharmacist shortlisted
for researcher of the year award Pharmacist Danielle Turner has been
shortlisted for The Times Higher Awards 2006 Young Researcher of the Year
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382 Proposal
put forward for naloxone to be available over the counter Making naloxone
available over the counter in pharmacies is one of the proposals put forward
in a BMJ editorial
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382 Age discrimination
rules may boost staff pool Age discrimination legislation, which comes
into effect next week, may help to tackle workforce shortages in many industries,
including the health and social care sector
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382 GMC to suggest a move
away from self-regulation Indications are that the General Medical
Council is to suggest a change in its composition so that doctors no longer have
a majority
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382 Pharmacy Manager approved IT
supplier Cegedim Rx has been granted authority by NHS Connecting for Health to
roll out its Pharmacy Manager v5.3 system, which has electronic prescription
service functionality
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382 Nucare launches website Nucare
has launched a website to keep its members updated with Nucare developments and
wider industry news
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383 Pharmacy
consortium loses to builder's pharmacy Community pharmacies in Macclesfield,
Cheshire, which formed a consortium to run a pharmacy in a major health centre
development, have lost out to a property investment company that bought the health
centre before the building was completed
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383 New boss at Phoenix Pharmaceutical
wholesaler Phoenix Medical Supplies is to have a new chief executive officer
from 1 February next year
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383 UniChem acquires Cardinal European
competition authorities have approved UniChem's acquisition of Cardinal Health's
UK short-line pharmaceutical wholesale business
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383 Category M has destabilised
the UK generics industry Introduction of Category M has threatened
the sustainability of the UK generics industry, the British Generic Manufacturers
Association claimed last week
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384 Reviews
can reduce falls in elderly Pharmacists' reviews of medication can
reduce falls among elderly care home residents, a study of care homes in Leeds
suggests
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384 Unclaimed money from
MURs should be reinvested, says NPA Money that was allocated to fund
medicines use reviews but that has not been claimed should be reinvested to help
further develop the service, according to the National Pharmacy Association
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384 Fears clinical engagement
will be lost as new PCTs kick off New primary care trusts in England
come into being next week and many are still to appoint chairmen and chief executives,
which could take the PCTs' focus away from clinical engagement
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385 Variations
in use of NICE-approved drugs reducing Variations across England in
access to cancer drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence are reducing, according to a report from national cancer director,
Mike Richards, published last week. The report makes several recommendations,
many of which cancer network pharmacists could get involved in
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385 Guidance published
on the adjuvant use of taxanes for early node-positive breast cancer Docetaxel,
but not paclitaxel, was approved this week by the National Institute for Health
and Clinical Excellence for the adjuvant treatment of women with early node-positive
breast cancer following surgery
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385 NICE extends use of
rituximab in follicular lymphoma Rituximab (MabThera), in combination
with chemotherapy, has been endorsed as a first-line treatment option for patients
with symptomatic stage III and IV follicular lymphoma by the National Institute
for Health and Clinical Excellence
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385 Guideline for anaemia
associated with renal disease issued A clinical guideline on the treatment
of anaemia associated with chronic kidney disease has been published by the National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the National Collaborating Centre
for Chronic Conditions
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385 Latest BNF published The
latest edition of the British National Formulary was published this week
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386 Divided
loyalties could affect how NHS staff deal with pandemic flu Reluctant
doctors and nurses and violent members of the public might make delivering effective
health care during an influenza pandemic challenging, delegates were told at
a conference held in London this week
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386 Viral load in HIV
infection cannot predict individual's CD4 cell count decline The use
of baseline viral load measurements to drive decisions about when to start antiretroviral
therapy for untreated HIV-infected individuals has been called into question
by research published this week
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386 New diabetes algorithm
suggests metformin as initial therapy Metformin, together with lifestyle
interventions, should be initial therapy for type 2 diabetes, a treatment algorithm
from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and the American Diabetes
Association suggests
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