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37 First
pharmacist independent prescriber qualifies Beth Hird, senior
practice pharmacist at Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust,
is the first pharmacist in the UK to be awarded a practice certificate
in independent prescribing
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37 Incentives
are needed for GP collaboration, CCA tells APPG inquiry Incentives
for GPs to collaborate with pharmacists need to be included in the general
medical services (GMS) quality and outcomes framework (QOF), the Company
Chemists' Association argued last week in its response to the All-Party
Pharmacy Group inquiry into the future of pharmacy
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37 NHS workforce strategy
predicts health professional surplus By 2010 there will be more health
professionals than the NHS can afford to employ, according to a draft of the
NHS pay and workforce strategy for 2008-11 that was reported in the Health Service
Journal last week
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38 Call
for action to educate public about self-care National action is needed
to educate the public about self-care, the Pharmacy Modernisation Group has argued
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38 Pilot of unscheduled
care service launched Community pharmacists in Dumfries began offering
a new out-of-hours service this week that aims to reduce pressure on other parts
of the NHS
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38 Rx Systems gets EPS
approval for Proscript Rx Systems has received approval from NHS Connecting
for Health for Proscript, its Electronic Prescription Service-compatible system,
to be deployed nationally. Seven systems have now been accredited for national
roll-out, including five that are commercially available
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38 Combined Predictive
Model Patients most at risk of unplanned or unnecessary hospital admissions
may be more accurately identified by a new NHS model
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38 CPW nominations Community
Pharmacy Wales is seeking nominations from pharmacy contractors in Wales for
places on its regional committees
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38 Chloramphenicol eye
ointment Chloramphenicol 1 per cent eye ointment looks likely to follow
chloramphenicol eye-drops into the pharmacy category
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39 Commissioning
report published by pharmacy forum The Health Policy Forum, a new think tank formed through a collaboration of key community pharmacy bodies and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, published its first report “Making commissioning effective in the reformed NHS in England” this week
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39 Children’s research
encouraged by new rules New European rules intended to increase the
supply of medicines licensed for paediatric use by providing research incentives
come into effect on 26 January 2007
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39 Engage independent
contractors, NAO tells PCTs Primary care trusts should develop a strategy
for engaging independent contractors in the clinical governance agenda, according
to a report published this week by the National Audit Office
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40 Clinical
management of pandemic flu addressed Guidelines for health professionals
on the clinical management of pandemic influenza have been published this month
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40 DoH and ABPI collaborate
to produce medicines shortages advice Guidelines on how best to manage
medicines' shortages have been developed by the Department of Health and the
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
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40 Coventry pharmacists
begin obesity pilot scheme Community pharmacies in Coventry will offer
a weight management service for obese customers through a pilot study set up
by Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust. Pharmacists were inducted into the scheme
and received training this week at a launch event in Coventry
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40 NES offers training
to support staff Pharmacy support staff in Scotland are to be offered
training by NHS Education for Scotland from early 2007
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41 Gap
between pharmacists' and patients' perceptions of exchanges A gap
exists between pharmacists' perceptions and patients' accounts of how they interact
when a first-time statin prescription is dispensed, according to research published
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41 Adherence/mortality
link attributed to drug effect When studies reveal an association
between adherence to a medicine and survival, it is often partly attributed to
the healthy adherer effect, where adherent behaviour is linked with the adoption
of healthier lifestyles. However, a study has shown that the association can
be attributed to the drug's biological effect
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42 Trastuzumab
survival benefit seen after two years Women given trastuzumab (Herceptin)
for one year as adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer have greater
overall survival after two years' follow-up than those not given the monoclonal
antibody, according to further results from the Herceptin adjuvant (HERA) trial
published last week
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42 Eisai seeks judicial
review of NICE processes Pharmaceutical company Eisai has formally
applied to the High Court for permission to proceed to a judicial review of the
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's appraisal processes
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42 European proposals
provide opportunity to solve practical issues on hazardous waste European
proposals to repeal the Hazardous Waste Directive and integrate it into the Waste
Framework Directive are being investigated by the National Pharmacy Association
with a view to making waste handling in pharmacies easier
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42 Statin prescribing
offers biggest opportunity for savings Statin prescribing has been
identified by the Department of Health as an area that offers the NHS in England
one of its biggest opportunities to make savings that can then be spent on other
aspects of patient care
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