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269 Staged increase
of 2.5 pc for NHS pharmacy staff Pharmacy
staff working for the NHS will receive a 2.5 per cent staged pay increase
this year, with 1.5 per cent paid from 1 April and the balance from 1
November. The news was greeted with enthusiasm by the Guild of Healthcare
Pharmacists
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269 Pharmacy smoking cessation services
axed as part of Brent PCT cost-cutting exercise Pharmacy smoking cessation services in Brent, London, are being withdrawn in response to a cost-cutting exercise at Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust — a retrograde step, according to the secretary of the local pharmaceutical committee
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269 Prescription charge changes Prescription charges in England and Scotland rise by 20p to £6.85 on 1 April 2007. The charge will be abolished in Wales on the same date
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269 Pseudoephedrine products set to be reclassified
POM Proposals to reclassify medicines containing
pseudoephedrine and ephedrine as prescription-only medicines were launched this
week
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270 Framework lays plans for
flexible commissioning A framework to help commissioners
deliver NHS services effectively and to improve both the health and well-being
of individuals has been published by the Department of Health
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270 Third consultation starts on incontinence/stoma
items Consultation has started on changes to the
terms of service relating to the supply of incontinence and stoma appliances
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270 Calls for fair and transparent commissioning Proposals
to merge health and social care regulation and develop a regulatory framework
that will support health reform have prompted the Company Chemists' Association
to call for the framework to recognise pharmacy's contribution to the provision
of new and remodelled services and ensure a level playing field is created and
maintained
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270 Post office closures could affect pharmacies,
says NPA Local businesses, including pharmacies,
should be consulted about post office closures, the National Pharmacy Association
has told the Department of Trade & Industry
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270 Numark chief suggests way forward for independents Independent
pharmacists can learn from other small businesses and should tailor their services
to suit the needs of their local community, Simon Colebeck, managing director
of Numark, told participants at the company's 2007 Caribbean conference last
week
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271 First independent prescriptions
written in hospitals This week saw the first prescriptions
written by pharmacist independent prescribers working in secondary care. This
follows the first prescriptions written independently in primary care last month
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271 Control of entry test exemptions have failed Exemptions
to the control of entry test used by primary care trusts in England to decide
whether to award NHS pharmacy contracts have not been universally successful
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271 GSK plans orlistat to be first pan-European
OTC switch GlaxoSmithKline is to try to get the
anti-obesity drug orlistat listed as a non-prescription medicine throughout the
EU
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271 Pfizer/UniChem distribution agreement goes
ahead despite opposition Pfizer's exclusive distribution
agreement with UniChem went ahead at the start of this week
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272 Exclude pharmacy from
code on promoting services Community pharmacy should
be explicitly excluded from the proposed code of practice for promotion of NHS
services, say pharmacy organisations
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272 More co-ordinated approach to health information
provision needed More investment in health information
is needed as well as a joined-up approach to its provision, according to Mark
Duman, chairman of the Patient Information Forum (PiF)
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272 Asthma first aid plans for children in Scotland Children
in Scotland who have asthma should be given first aid asthma action plans that
explain what to do if they have an asthma attack
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272 Regulation of pharmacy technicians to be
considered by parliaments this year Legislation
to cover the compulsory registration of pharmacy technicians is to be laid before
the Westminster and Scottish parliaments later this year, the Government has
said
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273 Hep B therapy generates
resistance to HIV drugs Entecavir (Baraclude),
a drug used to treat chronic hepatitis B infection, has generated resistance
mutations to anti-HIV drugs in at least three patients who were co-infected with
both viruses
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273 New protease inhibitor for HIV launched Darunavir,
a new protease inhibitor for HIV patients, was launched last week
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273 Free pharmacy chlamydia screening pilot
launched in Trafford A chlamydia screening, treatment
and sexual health promotion service has been launched in 13 pharmacies in Trafford
as part of the national chlamydia screening programme. The service is free of
charge and will be piloted for 12 months and evaluated by Trafford Primary Care
Trust
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273 Primary care research network A primary care research network across England is to be established and will receive £2m of Government investment per year
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273 Global health strategy Proposals
for developing a global health strategy are set out in a report this week by
Liam Donaldson, chief medical adviser to the UK Government
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