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235 Pharmacy bodies
support creation of a royal college There
is general support from pharmacy organisations for the concept that a
royal college might evolve from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society but
opinions differ over how membership should be determined
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235 Pharmacists' Defence Association
to form a trade union Members of the Pharmacists'
Defence Association have supported a proposal that the association should
form a trade union for pharmacists
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236 Productivity will become
urgent priority as NHS funding slows Productivity,
in terms of benefit to patient health from each pound spent, will become an urgent
priority as the growth in NHS funding slows, the King's Fund warned in a report
this week
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236 New MAS publicity material for Scotland Community
pharmacists in Scotland will soon receive new publicity materials for the minor
ailment service (MAS)
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236 NPSA issues guidance on prevention of falls NHS
organisations should establish falls prevention groups that can act on both clinical
and environmental factors, the National Patient Safety Agency recommends in its
third Patient Safety Observatory report
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236 Legal attempt to halt Pfizer's direct supply
arrangements Eight pharmaceutical wholesalers are
to seek a High Court injunction against Pfizer's sole-distributor agreement with
UniChem before it comes into effect on 5 March
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236 Society joins other health organisations in patient safety pledge The
heads of a number of health care organisations, including Hemant Patel, President
of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, have signed a public commitment to improve
patient safety and to ensure that patient safety is a priority in their organisation's
work
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237 Minister launches materials
to assist public health Materials to help pharmacists
and their staff give lifestyle advice have been developed by PharmacyHealthLink
in association with the Department of Health
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237 NICE recommends sex advice One-to-one
advice on preventing sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies
should be provided from a variety of health service outlets, including pharmacies,
the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has recommended
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237 Call for drug alert system to be reviewed Drug
alerts for general sale list medicines should be issued in a more co-ordinated
fashion, according to two pharmacy bodies in Scotland
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237 Care records by end of 2008 Summary
care records for everybody in England should be completed by the end of next
year, NHS Connecting for Health has announced
PJ 2007;278:237
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237 Superdrug expands mole clinics nationally Superdrug
is to launch mole clinics in 20 stores across Great Britain this year
PJ 2007;278:237
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238 Apnee Sehat project tackles
health inequalities A project to tackle health
inequalities in the South Asian population is to be rolled out across Great Britain
after gaining additional funding from the University of Warwickshire and a pathfinder
grant from the Department of Health's social enterprise unit
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238 Study links paracetamol, NSAID and aspirin
use with high blood pressure in men Men who regularly
take over-the-counter analgesics have an increased risk of high blood pressure
compared with those who do not use these medicines, according to a study published
this week
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238 Some antioxidant supplements may increase
mortality Use of the antioxidant supplements beta
carotene, vitamin A and vitamin E may increase mortality, a meta-analysis published
this week suggests
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238 AAH helps pharmacists get ready for Welsh
smoking ban AAH Pharmaceuticals has produced a
range of materials to help pharmacists in Wales prepare for the next round of
smoke-free legislation that comes into force on 2 April 2007
PJ 2007;278:238
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238 Government launches respiratory hygiene
campaign as part of preparation for pandemic flu Posters
to support a Government campaign to encourage good respiratory hygiene are being
sent to NHS outlets including pharmacies, GP surgeries and health centres
PJ 2007;278:238
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239 Shire launches non-calcium
hyperphosphataemia treatment Lanthanum carbonate,
a non-calcium binding agent for controlling hyperphosphataemia, has been launched
by Shire
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239 Results of elections to CPW committees announced Community
Pharmacy Wales has announced the results of the elections of representatives
for its regional committees for 2007 to 2011
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239 New Numark PI scheme Numark
has taken supplies of parallel imports out of its rebate scheme so purchasers
know up front the net price of any PIs they buy
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239 Contract is sound, NPA tells Galbraith review Community
pharmacy's contractual framework is fundamentally sound, according to the National
Pharmacy Association, but commissioning by primary care trusts in England is
losing momentum
PJ 2007;278:239
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239 Scottish contract update Details
of the acute medication service (AMS) and the ePharmacy programme have now been
published in an NHS circular
PJ 2007;278:239
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239 Children’s services patchy Progress
on NHS hospital services for children is patchy, the Healthcare Commission argued
this week
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240 Salmeterol/fluticasone
may not raise COPD survival New data suggest that
the use of salmeterol and fluticasone combination therapy for chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) does not improve survival but does reduce exacerbations
and improves health status and lung function compared with placebo
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240 Valaciclovir helps control HIV infection
in women also infected with herpes simplex Treating
women infected with both HIV and herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) with the
anti-herpes treatment valaciclovir (Valtrex) can reduce the amount of HIV in
blood and genital secretions, according to a study
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240 Delayed anaphylaxis a risk for omalizumab,
warns FDA Anaphylaxis following omalizumab treatment
has occurred in at least 0.1 per cent of treated people (based on reports from
approximately 39,500 patients), the US Food and Drug Administration warned last
week
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240 Mesothelioma framework Advice
for the NHS in England on how services for malignant pleural mesothelioma patients
should be organised is set out in a framework published this week by the Department
of Health
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