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95 Pharmacy bodies
call for new advanced services More services
in the community pharmacy contract should be centrally funded, the national
pharmacy bodies told the All-Party Pharmacy Group this week at the sixth
evidence session of its inquiry into the future of pharmacy
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95 Setback for original pack dispensing
hopes The Government has no plans to encourage
prescribers to specify original pack sizes, much to the disappointment
of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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95 Section 60 Order debated The
proposed Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 was being debated in
the House of Lords as The Journal went to press this week
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95 Ann Lewis to retire in autumn Ann
Lewis, who has been Secretary and Registrar of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
since 1998, has announced that she is to retire in the autumn
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96 Well managed switches can
save money without affecting care Switching patients
to more cost-effective drugs for high cholesterol and high blood pressure can,
when appropriately managed, lead to significant cost savings with limited impact
on patient care, according to research published
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96 Co-proxamol supply will be guaranteed Manufacturers
of co-proxamol (paracetamol 325mg with dextropropoxyphene hydrochloride 32.5mg)
have promised that the product will continue to be available after all UK marketing
authorisations are cancelled at the end of the year. This was revealed by health
minister Caroline Flint during a Westminster Hall debate on the withdrawal last
week
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96 ACE inhibitors and ARBs least likely to lead
to development of diabetes Angiotensin-converting
enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers are the antihypertensive
drugs least associated with developing diabetes, according to research published
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97 Scotland's acute medication
service to start in July Details of the acute medication
service (AMS) — one of the four core services in the new community
pharmacy contract in Scotland — are to be published this week
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97 PSNC consults on draft of modified MUR form Pharmacists'
views of a modified medicines use review form are being sought by the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee
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97 NI unprepared for Pfizer product distribution Pharmacists
in Northern Ireland have been kept in the dark about how the distribution of
Pfizer products will take place, according to Michael Guerin, community pharmacist
and National Pharmacy Association board member for Northern Ireland. UniChem
announced last week that it will subcontract the delivery of Pfizer medicines
in Northern Ireland to another wholesaler — Sangers (NI) Ltd — but, Mr Guerin says, pharmacists have not been adequately informed
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98 Drugs central to NICE guide
on heavy menstruation Drug treatments form a central
part of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guideline on
the management of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), which was issued to the NHS
in England and Wales this week
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98 Methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone recommended
by NICE Methadone should be chosen over buprenorphine
for the management of opioid dependence if both drugs are equally suitable, according
to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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98 NICE rules on hyperparathyroidism and metastatic
cancers Cinacalcet is not recommended for routine
treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage kidney
disease who are being maintained on dialysis therapy, according to National Institute
for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance
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98 Politicians should not decide NHS treatments,
the public says Most people think politicians should
not be involved in deciding which medicines are provided by NHS trusts, an NHS
Confederation survey has found
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98 Free prescriptions in Wales may be unaffordable
to NHS The introduction of free NHS prescriptions
in Wales in April, the regulations for which were approved by the Welsh Assembly
Government this week, may lead to unaffordable increases in prescribing costs,
the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has warned
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99 Galbraith review will look
beyond control of entry The Government's review
of pharmaceutical service provision will look beyond control of entry at other
legislation affecting pharmacy, Jeannette Howe, head of pharmacy at the Department
of Health, said last week
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99 Health secretary visits Assura pharmacy Health
secretary Patricia Hewitt had her blood pressure checked by pharmacy staff during
a visit to an Assura health centre in Liverpool last week
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99 UK regulators seek duty to exchange information UK
regulators of health professionals have told the European Commission that regulators
across Europe should be required to exchange disciplinary and registration information
they hold on their registrants and to act on any adverse information
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99 Pharmacist selected for leadership award Tracy
Savage, pharmaceutical adviser at Shropshire County Primary Care Trust and PCT
support pharmacist in the department of medicines management at Keele University,
has been selected by The Health Foundation to receive a leadership fellows award
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99 Pharmacy mentoring database developed Pharmacists wishing to be a mentor to other pharmacists, or those seeking a mentor themselves, are being encouraged to register with an online database — www.pharmentor.nhs.uk — developed by a joint leadership development group (LDG) of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association and the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
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100 Smoking services must
be priority Primary care trusts need to make smoking
cessation services a priority, the Healthcare Commission argues in a new report
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100 Parliamentary committee examines drug misuse Improving
treatment of drug misuse was discussed by the Scottish Parliament's health committee
on 23 January. The review was triggered by a member's Bill put forward by Rosemary
Byrne MSP
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100 SSRIs associated with two-fold fracture
risk Daily use of selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors (SSRIs) in adults over the age of 50 years is associated with a two-fold
increased risk of some fractures, according to Canadian researchers. Adjustment
for potential confounding variables did not remove this risk
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100 Conservative party leader shown Lloydspharmacy
services David Cameron, leader of the Conservative
party, recently visited Lloydspharmacy in his constituency of Witney, West Oxfordshire,
where he was shown examples of community pharmacy services
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100 Antiplatelet therapy and stents Patients
treated with drug-eluting stents should continue taking dual antiplatelet therapy
for one year, according to the American Heart Association and American College
of Cardiology
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100 Varenicline triples quit rate An
analysis of pooled data from trials of varenicline shows that, compared with
placebo, the drug triples a smoker's chance of continuous abstinence at 12 months
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100 Erectile dysfunction in diabetes Sildenafil,
tadalafil and vardenafil are all safe and effective for the treatment of erectile
dysfunction in men with diabetes, a paper published has concluded
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