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503 Concerns
remain for medicines management roles Uncertainty continues
over where medicines management teams will sit following the reconfiguration
of primary care trusts and was highlighted by several speakers at a Pharmacy
Management seminar on practice-based commissioning (PBC) held in Manchester
last week. Debate about this issue has been ongoing since before the
reconfigurations came into effect
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503 MHRA issues
warning over high-dose NSAIDs Non-selective non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be associated with a small increase
in the absolute risk for thrombotic events, especially when used at high
doses for long-term treatment. This is the conclusion of a review of
NSAID safety data released this week by the Committee for Medicinal Products
for Human Use, a division of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
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503 Pharmacist attacks
Society employee with metal bar at Statutory Committee hearing A Statutory
Committee hearing was disrupted this week when a pharmacist, who was appearing
before the committee for misconduct, attacked a Royal Pharmaceutical Society
employee
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503 Boots electronic prescription
service system approved NHS Connecting for Health has authorised the
national roll-out of SmartScript, Boots the Chemists's electronic prescription
service-compatible pharmacy system
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504 Influenza
vaccine capacity lacking in case of pandemic, WHO warns Immediate
and sustained action is needed if the world is to be prepared for an influenza
pandemic, the World Health Organization warned earlier this week. Specifically,
it highlighted a shortfall in the amount of influenza vaccine available
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504 NPA offers advice
on establishing flu clinics Guidance on setting up NHS influenza vaccination
clinics in community pharmacy has been compiled by the National Pharmacy Association.
It describes advantages of pharmacy-based flu vaccination services and sets out
practical steps to establishing a service
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504 JCVI recommends influenza
vaccination in pregnancy Women in their second and third trimester
of pregnancy should be routinely offered influenza vaccination because of the
increased risk of morbidity and mortality to both mother and fetus from seasonal
influenza, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has recommended
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504 National pandemic
influenza preparedness plans criticised Almost a third of national
pandemic influenza plans do not make recommendations about who should receive
antiviral drugs or who should be vaccinated against pandemic influenza as a priority,
a study reveals
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504 Beclometasone inhalers
to be discontinued, says GSK Becotide and Becloforte inhalers are
being discontinued, GlaxoSmithKline has announced
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505 Pharmacy
review helps patients with knee pain Following a pharmacy review,
patients with knee pain experience less discomfort in the short term, according
to researchers from Keele University
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505 “Drug safety belt” used to communicate aims of pharmaceutical care A community pharmacy campaign that invites patients to wear a “drug safety belt” to communicate the concepts of pharmaceutical care is helping reduce drug-related problems in Austria
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505 “Keep well” pilot aims to find ways of preventing ill health starting in Lanarkshire Pharmacists
in Scotland are to have a role in an initiative aimed at finding ways of preventing
ill health in people who do not traditionally use health services
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506 NICE
publishes guideline on urinary incontinence A guideline for the management
of urinary incontinence in women has been published this week by the National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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506 Society's standards could be adopted by all independent prescribers It
would be appropriate for professional standards for pharmacist prescribers, which
are currently being developed by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, to be adopted
by all independent prescribers, according to Robert Clayton, head of practice
at the Society, in his response to a letter published in the BMJ earlier this
month
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506 Performance indicators
will help to identify and share best practice Figures for trust-by-trust
performance across a number of key efficiency and productivity indicators are
published this week by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
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507 Prescription
charges in England to be reviewed Prescription charges in England
are to be subject to a review during this Parliamentary session, the Government
announced last week
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507 OFT considers Pfizer
deal Pfizer's exclusive distribution deal with UniChem may be investigated
by the Office of Fair Trading
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507 CHRE to oppose election
of council members Regulatory councils should have no elected professional
members, the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence is expected to say
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507 King's Fund commissions
a new review of health spending Health spending in the UK is to be
reanalysed by Sir Derek Wanless to see whether extra money allocated to the NHS
as a result of his 2002 report to the Treasury is being spent wisely
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508 Recipients
of NPPG award study pupils' views on chronic illness The experiences of young people with chronic illness will be investigated by this year's winners of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists' Group research award, organised in association with Mandeville Medicines (a manufacturer of unlicensed “specials”)
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508 IPF officially launched
at The Pharmacy Show The Independent Pharmacy Federation was officially
launched at The Pharmacy Show, a trade exhibition held in Birmingham last week
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508 Excellence awards
mark successes in animal health industry Merial and Pfizer were two
companies recognised at the inaugural Animal Health Industry Excellence Awards,
held in London earlier this month
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