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121 Indemnity requirement
put on hold for new Order Requirements
for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to hold appropriate indemnity
cover for professional negligence will not be introduced at the same
time as other professional reforms set out in the Pharmacists and Pharmacy
Technicians Order 2007 (the Section 60 order)
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121 NPA chief executive to leave for
Phoenix group John D'Arcy is to leave the
National Pharmacy Association at the end of April to join the NPA member
Phoenix group as retail commercial director
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121 DoH withdraws free BNF funding for medical
students Medical students will no longer receive
a free copy of the British National Formulary after the Department of Health
decided to remove the funding that has made this possible for around the past
eight years
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122 Technician registration
delayed until GB agreement Pharmacy technicians
in England and Wales will not be covered by the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
Order 2007 (Section 60 Order) when it comes into force. Implementation of other
aspects of the Order is expected later this month
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122 Chris Martin appointed to Welsh NHS Confederation Chris
Martin, a community pharmacist and chairman of Pembrokeshire Local Health Board,
has been appointed to represent Mid and West Wales on the management committee
of the Welsh NHS Confederation
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122 Enhanced services training to be recognised
across north west Pharmacists in the north west
of England may soon have their enhanced services training recognised by neighbouring
primary care trusts
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122 APTUK award AAH
Pharmaceuticals's Hospital Pharmacy Technician of the Year award will be replaced
following a partnership with the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK
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122 Head of general practice Christine
Bond, FRPharmS, a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Scottish Pharmacy
Board became head of the department of general practice and primary care at the
University of Aberdeen School of Medicine on 1 February 2007
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123 Health economists call
for review of MUR service Health economists who
discovered that domiciliary medication review in elderly people when they were
discharged from hospital resulted in increased rates of readmission, now say
that their findings mean that the medicines use review service introduced in
the pharmacy contract should be reconsidered
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123 Concerns about patient reporting of suspected
ADRs unfounded, UK researchers say Patient reporting
of suspected adverse drug reactions has more potential benefits than drawbacks,
according to a review published
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123 Pharmacy students at Brighton receive award
for voluntary work with elderly people Students from the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Brighton who took part in a volunteer project have received an “Exceptional Outstanding Project Award” at the Higher Education Active Community Fund awards in December
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124 Updated guidance on endorsement
of FP10MDAs Updated guidance on the dispensing,
endorsement and reimbursement of FP10MDA prescriptions has been issued by the
NHS Business Services Authority, following a number of enquiries from pharmacists
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124“Off-the-shelf” LPS contract developed by PSNC to support low-volume pharmacies Low-volume
pharmacies and primary care trusts seeking to maintain the local pharmacy network
may soon be able to benefit from an off-the-shelf contract developed by the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee
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124 Drug misuse treatment funding to be levelled
out Steps are being taken to even out the amounts
spent on treating drug addiction in different areas of England
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124 Pharmacy home oxygen in Wales BOC
this week announced that it will cease to supply home oxygen to pharmacies in
Wales on 5 February, following consultation with the Welsh Assembly Government
and Air Products (home oxygen supplier for Wales)
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124 EPS approval for QicScript Systems
Solutions has received approval from NHS Connecting for Health for QicScript,
its electronic prescription service-compatible system, to be deployed nationally
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124 NES launches e-portfolio NHS
Education for Scotland has launched an e-portfolio for recording continuing professional
development in pharmacy leadership
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124 Alliance Boots looks to China Alliance
Boots Plc has announced that it plans to enter the Chinese market in collaboration
with Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Corporation, China's third largest pharmaceutical
wholesaler
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125 Safety of alteplase confirmed
for stroke treatment Data from a prospective study
have confirmed the safety and efficacy in routine clinical practice of intravenous
alteplase administered within three hours of onset of ischaemic stroke symptoms
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125 Citalopram effective and safe as first-line
treatment for depressed patients with CAD Patients
with symptoms of depression who have coronary artery disease show improvement
with citalopram, but adding psychotherapy does not provide extra benefit, according
to a study
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125 GlaxoSmithKline refutes Panorama allegations
that it distorted Seroxat trial results GlaxoSmithKline
has refuted allegations, brought by the BBC's Panorama programme this week, that
it distorted trial results of Seroxat (paroxetine) to cover-up a link with suicide
in teenagers
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125 Smoke-free Wales goes ahead Final
regulations for the ban on smoking in all enclosed public places in Wales were
passed this week, following a Welsh Assembly Government vote, and will come into
force on 2 April 2007
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125 Quarterly HCAI figures published There
were 42,625 cases of Clostridium difficile infection reported by NHS trusts in
England in the first three quarters of 2006, a rise of 5.5 per cent over 2005
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126 Australian pharmacy asthma
programme succeeds An asthma care plan based on
national guidelines and delivered by community pharmacists in Australia has proved
successful
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126 Stopping fall-inducing drugs halves risk
of falls in elderly Withdrawing certain drugs can
halve the risk of old people falling, research suggests
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126 Reasons for drug-related admissions examined A
third of preventable drug-related hospital admissions are associated with problems
with adherence, a study published suggests
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126 No known progress against child obesity It is not known what progress the Government has made against the rise in childhood obesity according to “Tackling child obesity — first steps”, a report published last week by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts
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126 Staff asked to work for free Staff
at Pembury Hospital in Kent have been asked to work extra hours for nothing in
an attempt to help the trust balance its books
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