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725 Tories say pharmacy
must play part in NHS redesign Possible
future Conservative health policy set out in a report this
week by the party’s Public Services Improvement Policy Group says
that community pharmacy must be involved in redesigning NHS services
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725 Queen’s Birthday Honours for
pharmacists Three pharmacists have been
recognised for their work in this year’s list of Queen’s
Birthday Honours, published on 16 June
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725 New Scottish health minister takes on pharmacy
concerns Patient information leaflets to explain
the new services on offer through the community pharmacy contract in Scotland
are in the pipeline, public
health minister Shona Robison confirmed last week
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726 Additional pseudoephedrine controls not
necessary Stricter controls on the availability
of products containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are unnecessary, the All
Party Parliamentary Group
on Primary Care and Public Health and the All Party Parliamentary Drugs
Misuse Group have concluded
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726 New “orange
book” on managing drug misuse out for consultation Updated
advice on managing drug misuse is set out in draft guidelines published
last week for consultation
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726 Patient group direction plans for CDs supported
by Society and PSNC Proposals that would enable
pharmacists and nurses to supply and administer diamorphine and morphine under
patient group directions are supported
by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmaceutical Services
Negotiating Committee
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727 PSNC highlights opportunities for engaging
in PBC Guidance to help community pharmacists become
actively engaged with practice-based commissioning has been published by the
Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating
Committee
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727 MPs question role of prescribing advisers and benefits of MURs during
inquiry Both the role of prescribing advisers
and the benefits of medicines use reviews have been questioned by the
Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee
during an oral evidence session as part of its inquiry into prescribing
costs in primary care
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727 nhs.uk offers patients choice about where to get treatment The
Government is providing online information to help people in England make choices
about where they receive NHS treatment
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727 Cervical cancer vaccines The Department
of Health says it intends, in principle, to introduce a human papillomavirus
vaccine into the national immunisation programme, subject to an independent cost-benefit
analysis
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727 Procurement to ensure equality Guidance
on how best to use the NHS procurement process to ensure equality in health care
has been published by the Department of Health
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727 Alliance Boots opposition waning Pension
objections to the sale of Alliance Boots to private equity investors Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts and Stefano Pessina have been removed
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727 Scotland’s public health service Tier
two of Scotland’s public health service — part of the new community
pharmacy contract — gets going next week, when display units for national
health campaign materials start to be fitted in pharmacies
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728 New oral multiple myeloma
treatment set for launch A new oral therapy for
people with multiple myeloma will be launched next week. Lenalidomide, developed
by Celgene and marketed as Revlimid,
is indicated for treatment of multiple myeloma in combination with
a dexamethasone regimen for patients who have received at least one
previous therapy
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728 Viracept recall resulted from cleaning errors Blunders
during the routine cleaning process at a manufacturing plant led to contamination
of the Viracept (nelfinavir) products recalled
last week
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728 Experience of pharmacist smokers could be valuable Pharmacists’ own
experience of nicotine addiction may help reduce feelings of isolation among
smokers hoping to quit, Lloydspharmacy pharmacy director Andy Murdock believes
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728 Two advertising complaints upheld by medicines agency Two
complaints about medicines advertisements have been upheld by the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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728 NRT effective even without behavioural support Smokers
who use nicotine replacement therapy are more likely than those who do not to
remain abstinent for at least six months after attempting
to quit spontaneously (without additional behavioural support)
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729 Wash-out unnecessary before
starting abatacept Rheumatoid arthritis patients
who do not respond to tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors do not need a wash-out
period before starting abatacept
(Orencia)
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729 Long-term etanercept exposure considered
safe in severe psoriasis Long-term exposure to
etanercept (Enbrel) does not appear to cause more infections or adverse events
than placebo
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729 Prescription charges to go for TB drugs
supplied
by clinics Drugs supplied by clinics to treat tuberculosis
will be free from prescription charges from September
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729 Internet-based guide for handling cytotoxics
launched An internet-based guide to the management
and awareness of the risks of cytotoxic handling (MARCH) has been launched
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729 Use topical corticosteroids od Older
topical corticosteroids, like newer preparations, should be applied just once
a day
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