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331 National framework
for pandemic flu published During an influenza
pandemic, pharmacists will have a critical role in ensuring an effective
community-based response, minimising disruption and maintaining essential
services, according to draft guidance published by the Department of
Health
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331 Novartis confirms plan for direct-to-pharmacy
supply arrangements Novartis has announced
that it will be changing its product distribution to a direct-to-pharmacy
model, realising pharmacy bodies' fears that further manufactures would
go down that route
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331 Quitters given help in Budget VAT
on nicotine patches and similar products is to drop from 17.5 per cent to 5 per
cent to coincide with the smoking ban in England from 1 July, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer announced in the Budget on 21 March
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331 Champion role extended Funding for Scotland's pharmacy contract practitioner champions to continue their role during 2007–08 was announced this week
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332 Government pushes health
White Paper agenda A Government programme for tackling
inequalities in access to GP services has taken steps forward, with four areas
in England earmarked to have health services offered by non-NHS providers, Patricia
Hewitt, health secretary, revealed this week
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332 Let patients choose, DDA tells contract
review Patients should be able to choose who they
want to dispense their prescriptions, the Dispensing Doctors' Association has
told Anne Galbraith, who is reviewing NHS pharmaceutical services
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332 Insurance for prescribers An
insurance scheme directed at specialist pharmacists, including prescribers, will
be launched next month by the Pharmacists' Defence Association
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332 Payment by Results to evolve Payment by Results — the system used to pay hospitals for the services they provide — is set to evolve following proposals set out in a consultation published by the Department of Health
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332 Independents call for new form of pharmacy
contract Independent pharmacies in England have called for a separate “cognitive services” contract to be added to the NHS pharmacy contract
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333 PM supports pharmacy access
to patient records Support for pharmacists to have
access to electronic patient records was given by the Prime Minister in a policy
review document released this week
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333 Lack of access to patient records will threaten
modernisation agenda Pharmacists should have appropriate
role-based access to electronic patient records, several pharmacy organisations
say in their responses to the Parliamentary Health Committee's inquiry into the
electronic care record
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333 PSNC expects substantial adverse changes
to distribution Substantial adverse changes to
the drugs distribution system are expected in the coming 12 months, the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee has warned
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334 EU professional regulation
needs uniform approach Professional regulation
must be a core issue in European health strategy, the European Commission has
been told
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334 European recommendations intended to improve
patient safety More than four years after experts
met to discuss medication safety, the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers
has published recommendations intended to increase patient safety and reduce
adverse events in health care
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334 European Medicines Agency works faster Initial
assessment times at the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) are coming down despite
year-on-year increases in the agency's workload
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334 Revised ABPI code of practice begins to
bite Evidence that the 2006 revision of the Association
of the British Pharmaceutical Industry's code of practice is beginning to bite
is shown by the number of companies being ruled to have brought discredit on
the industry
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334 AstraZeneca improves product security using
tamper seals AstraZeneca is to be one of the first
pharmaceutical companies to make all individual packs of a medicine traceable
throughout the supply chain
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335 Calls to tackle inappropriate
paediatric formulations A study that reveals the
wide variation in unlicensed liquid captopril formulations used in UK hospitals
and paediatric cardiac centres has led to calls for more research to develop
age-appropriate formulations
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336 Clawback adjustment to
be made to March dispensings in Scotland Community
pharmacy contractors in Scotland will be subject to a one-off additional clawback,
it was announced this week
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336 Tests start for automatic prescription pricing New
computer technology is being tested for pricing NHS prescriptions dispensed by
pharmacy contractors in England
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336 Bath's centenary celebrations launched with
Commons reception hosted by Sandra Gidley More
than 120 former University of Bath students and members of staff gathered for
a reception at the House of Commons earlier this month to mark the launch of
celebrations surrounding 100 years of pharmacy education in Bath
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336 Support for resuscitation with only chest
compression Bystanders called to attend adults
who suffer a heart attack should use chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth
ventilation, according to new research
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336 Herbal high warning issued Vendors
of unlicensed benzylpiperazine tablets have been warned by the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency that such sales are illegal
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336 Vancomycin thrombocytopenia A
link between exposure to vancomycin and the onset of thrombocytopenia accompanied
by serious bleeding is reported
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336 Statins reduce BP Statin
therapy has a small but clinically meaningful effect on blood pressure, say researchers
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337 BNF highly rated as medicines
information source Eight out of 10 health professionals
say that the British National Formulary is their favourite source of medicines
information
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