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33 New chief executive
announced to take over helm at the Society Jeremy
Holmes has been appointed the new Chief Executive and Registrar of the
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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33 Legal battle launched against NHS
prescribing incentives NHS incentives used
to encourage GPs to prescribe generic medicines are to be challenged
in the High Court by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
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33 The Pharmaceutical Journal scoops journalism
award The Pharmaceutical Journal has been named “Medical publication of the year” by members of the Medical Journalists’ Association
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34 Continuity guidance issued
in case of pandemic flu Guidance on continuity
planning for community pharmacy services during an influenza pandemic has been
developed by the National Pharmacy Association, in conjunction with the Company
Chemists' Association, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee
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34 NPA will offer chlamydia screening package
to facilitate proposed azithromycin switch Plans
to offer pharmacists a chlamydia screening service package have been unveiled
by the National Pharmacy Association
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34 National Pharmacy Association plans secret
checks on pseudoephedrine community sales Secret
checks on how community pharmacies are controlling sales of products containing
ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are being planned by the National Pharmacy Association
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34 John D'Arcy wins CPP Bayer Schering award
2007 This year’s College of Pharmacy Practice Bayer Schering Pharma Award was presented to John D’Arcy at a ceremony in London last week
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34 Polyclinic proposal for London Roles
for polyclinics, which would include pharmacies alongside GP and diagnostic services,
are proposed in a report commissioned by NHS London
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34 Change at the top for AB Richard
Baker, chief executive of Alliance Boots, and Scott Wheway, managing director
of Boots The Chemists, have left Alliance Boots
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35 Thrombosis risk doubles
on trips lasting longer than four hours The risk
of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) doubles after trips lasting four hours
or more, according to the World Health Organization
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35 Debate over whether community pharmacists
should provide full travel medicine services Whether
community pharmacists should provide travel medicine services was the subject
of a lively debate at the British Travel Health Association annual scientific
conference held in London last month
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35 Climate change presents NHS with dual challenge Climate
change presents a dual challenge for the NHS, the NHS Confederation has warned
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35 No staged pay rise for Wales All
NHS staff in Wales covered by Agenda for Change will receive the full 2.5 per
cent pay increase recommended by the Independent Pay Review body
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36 Value of self-monitoring
in type 2 diabetes queried Self-monitoring of blood
glucose by patients with reasonably well controlled type 2 diabetes has been
questioned in a study published
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36 New CV risk score more appropriate for UK A new measure of cardiovascular risk — the QRISK score — may identify high-risk patients in the UK more appropriately than current measures, which tend to over-predict risk, new research suggests
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36 Venous thromboembolism reduced with extended
enoxaparin Extended thromboprophylaxis reduces
the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in acutely ill patients, a new study
reveals
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36 Heart failure services looked at in health
watchdog report How well NHS organisations are
taking forward services for people with heart failure and, in particular, their
adherence to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance,
is discussed in a report, published last week by the Healthcare Commission
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36 Stroke consultation launched A
consultation on the future of stroke services was launched this week by the Department
of Health
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37 Check BNF-C to ensure children
given correct drugs An independent survey of 600
health professionals conducted on behalf of the British National Formulary for
Children found that 74 per cent of health professionals used the formulary as
their first source of information about the use of medicines in children. In
addition, 70 per cent of those surveyed thought the BNF-C had made them more
aware of suitable medicines and treatments and 40 per cent believed the BNF-C
had changed their clinical practice
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37 Research centre established in Leicester
to evaluate medicines used by children A paediatric
medicines research centre has been launched by University Hospitals of Leicester
NHS Trust
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37 Peripheral diabetic neuropathy prevented
by therapy with both statins and fibrates Statins
and fibrates protect against the development of peripheral neuropathy in type
2 diabetes, an Australian epidemiological study conducted over eight years has
shown. The findings were presented last month at the annual meeting of the American
Diabetes Association in Chicago
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37 Actavis relaunches its full range of generics
with labelling that considers NPSA guidelines Generics
manufacturer Actavis is relaunching its entire range of products in the UK in
new packaging designed to reduce the risk of patients getting the wrong medicine
because of confusing labelling
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38 Course extension briefly
threatened SoP viability London University's School
of Pharmacy was secretly placed on a list of academic institutions under serious
financial risk in the late 1990s when the pharmacy degree was being extended
from three to four years
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38 Public health career framework consultation Consultation
on a draft public health skills and career framework has been launched by Skills
for Health
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38 Funding for support staff training available
in Scotland Pharmacy contractors in Scotland can claim up to £800 for staff training during 2007–08, the Scottish Executive announced last week
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38 New NICE work programme announced Clinical
guidelines on autism, hypertension in pregnancy, bed-wetting and severe mental
illness coupled with substance misuse are to be drawn up by the National Institute
for Health and Clinical Excellence
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38 “Iron bar pharmacist” jailed Suspended
pharmacist Samuel Edwin Ashby, who attacked a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society's staff at a Statutory Committee hearing on 25 October 2006, has been
given a 14-month jail sentence
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38 Mental Health Bill passed Community
treatment orders are to be introduced in England and Wales after the Mental Health
Bill was passed for Royal Assent last week
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38 Welsh diabetes strategy Best
practice for the management of children and young people with type 1 diabetes
in Wales is set out in a consensus guideline, developed by The Brecon Group (an
all-Wales paediatric diabetes interest network) and published by the Welsh Assembly
Government
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