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3 Pharmacists
and GPs must co-operate, says Society A fundamental change
in the way in which community pharmacy and general practice work together
is necessary to realise the potential of community pharmacy, says the
Royal Pharmaceutical Society in its written response to the All-Party
Pharmacy Group inquiry into the future of pharmacy
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3 Pharmacists
under investigation for stop-smoking fraud allegations Pharmacists
are under investigation by the National Health Service Counter Fraud
Service for allegedly making false claims for payments based on the number
of people they have helped to stop smoking
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3 Further CD changes come
into effect in Wales Further changes to arrangements for the management
of Controlled Drugs came into effect in Wales on 1 January
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3 Soraya Dhillon MBE in
New Year's honours Soraya Dhillon, head of the University of Hertfordshire's
school of pharmacy, has been made MBE in this year's New Year's honours list
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4 Concerns
continue over distribution arrangements A lack of consultation with
community pharmacy groups by pharmaceutical companies planning to review their
distribution arrangements has again been highlighted by the National Pharmacy
Association. And health minister Andy Burnham admits, in his response to a parliamentary
question on the matter, that there has been no formal consultation with relevant
bodies
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4 Campaign shows controlling
nature of tobacco addiction An NHS campaign launched earlier this
week uses the image of smokers being seized by fish hooks to demonstrate the
controlling nature of smoking and to encourage smokers to break their addiction
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4 Three more companies
discredit the industry Three more companies are revealed to have recently
brought discredit on the UK pharmaceutical industry in the latest batch of rulings
published by the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority
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4 NHS Direct now on Freeview NHS
Direct has extended its television service to digital Freeview channel 108. The
new service will offer news on current health issues, health advice, features
on long-term conditions, answers to common health questions and information about
NHS services
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4 Co-op expands community
health fund scheme The Co-operative Pharmacy is to extend its community
health fund scheme to West Yorkshire and to the Cardiff and Newport area, the
company announced this week
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4 Statutory Committee
chairman arrested and charged Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, chairman of
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Statutory Committee, was arrested and charged
shortly before Christmas after flying from London to Dundee
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4 Regular IT updates initiated Regular
updates on implementation of the electronic prescription service are now being
issued by NHS Connecting for Health
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5 Home
oxygen service cost soars, claims Pulse The cost of home
oxygen provision has soared since the service was transferred from community
pharmacists to regional supply companies, an investigation by medical newspaper
Pulse has suggested
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5 Record collection of
BNFs for developing countries A record number of outdated copies of
the British National Formulary has been collected by AAH Pharmaceuticals for
PharmAid, a scheme organised by the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association
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5 HPA's malaria prevention
guidelines updated New guidelines on the prevention of malaria have
been published by the Health Protection Agency
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5 FPMM adopts competency
frameworks Competency frameworks for general, advanced and consultant
level pharmacists have been adopted by the Faculty of Prescribing and Medicines
Management and will be used as a basis for membership of both the FPMM and the
College of Pharmacy Practice. The move is designed to help members demonstrate
the competencies required by employers both inside and outside the NHS
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5 More Welsh MURs allowed Pharmacists
in Wales can now be paid for up to 400 medicines use reviews a year, following
amendment of the Directions for Advanced Pharmaceutical Services in Wales
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5 Proposals wanted for
information prescription pilots Proposals for pilots to test the provision
of information prescriptions are being sought by the Department of Health
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6 Covert
medication guidance issued Guidance on covert medication — the practice of hiding patients' medicines in food or drink — was published by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland before Christmas
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6 Financial incentives
may improve patients’ adherence to their antipsychotic medication Financial
incentives to encourage patients to adhere to antipsychotic medication might
help them stay out of hospital, according to UK researchers. However, their conclusions
are reached from limited data
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6 Study highlights fracture
risk with PPI drugs Patients receiving proton pump inhibitor drugs
at high doses have a greater risk of hip fracture, according to the authors of
a recent study
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6 Some could stop alendronate
after five years Some women may be able to stop taking osteoporosis
medicines after five years without an increase in non-vertebral fractures, a
recent study suggests
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6 NES cytotoxic consultation NHS
Education for Scotland has produced a draft education and training framework
for the safe use of cytotoxic drugs
PJ 2007;278:6
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6 Service for struggling
trainees A service to help preregistration trainees pass the registration
examination has been launched by a former member of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society's board of examiners
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