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89 Pharmacists' role
in reducing MRSA highlighted Meticillin-resistant
Staphyloccus aureus infections have fallen for the third quarter in succession,
as pharmacists' role in infection control is highlighted by the Healthcare
Commission
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89 Government proposes devolving global
sum to primary care trusts Proposals to
change legislation governing community pharmacy funding in England, which
include devolving the global sum to primary care trusts, were announced
by the Department of Health this week
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89 Napp decides to deal only with three selected
wholesalers Another pharmaceutical manufacturer — Napp Pharmaceuticals — has decided to deal only with selected wholesalers
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90 Antibiotic prescribing guidance
still ignored by GPs GPs are still prescribing
antibiotics in over 40 per cent of cases of upper respiratory tract infections,
and in over 60 per cent of cases of sore throat, otitis media and sinusitis,
according to an analysis of the UK's General Practice Research Database. Such
prescribing does not comply with national guidelines
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90 Chlamydia continues to rise Chlamydia
diagnoses continue to increase, new figures from the Health Protection Agency
reveal
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90 Hospitals struggle to cope with flood effects Hospitals
in parts of England that remain under water after torrential rain last week are
cutting back on services as they find it hard to cope with the knock-on effects
of flooding
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90 STI care standards published Draft
standards for sexual health services in Scotland were published last week
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90 CPP chairman passes on chain of office after
three years Charles Butler has stepped down after
a three-year term as chairman of the College of Pharmacy Practice
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91 Offer methadone or buprenorphine
first line for opioid detoxification Methadone
or buprenorphine must be offered as first-line treatment for opioid detoxification,
which should be an option for opioid-dependent drug misusers who want to quit,
according to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on
substance misuse
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91 Experts back methadone but say services need
improving Methadone should remain the main treatment
for opiate dependency in Scotland but improvements are needed in terms of the
quality and consistency of services. This is the conclusion of a report from
the Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse
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91 BMJ study on adolescent depression contradicts
NICE advice A study on adolescent depression published
in the BMJ contradicts National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
(NICE) guidelines
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91 Bradshaw takes responsibility for professional
regulation Ben Bradshaw, Minister of State for
Health Services, has been given responsibility for the regulation of health professionals
and will steer the forthcoming Health and Social Care Bill through the next session
of Parliament
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92 Prescription charge consultation
to start in autumn Proposals on changes to the
prescription charge system in England are to be announced in the autumn by the
Department of Health
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92 Practice-based commissioning warning Community
pharmacists' profits could be negatively affected if they fail to get involved
with practice-based commissioning, according to guidance launched this week by
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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92 OFT still pressing for control-of-entry rules
to be scrapped Pressure is being maintained on
the Department of Health by the Office of Fair Trading to remove remaining restrictions
over granting new NHS pharmacy contracts
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92 Final transitional payment announced for
Scotland Pharmacy contractors in Scotland will be paid a share of a £1.627m final transitional reimbursement payment (TRP) in September, it was announced last week
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93 Rimonabant's depression
warnings to be upgraded Rimonabant (Acomplia) should
not be prescribed for patients who have major depression or who are being treated
with antidepressants because of the risk of exacerbating psychiatric problems,
the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended
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93 Guidance on LPS contracts for low-volume
pharmacies expected Guidance on developing local
pharmaceutical services (LPS) contracts to support low-volume pharmacies is expected
to be ready by September, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has
revealed
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93 NHS should promote pharmacy as alternative
to GP services Most patients are satisfied with
access to GP services in England, according to the results of a survey commissioned
by the Department of Health. However, 16 per cent of the 2.2 million respondents
were not happy with their GPs' opening times, nearly half of whom would like
practices to open on Saturdays and a quarter on a weekday evening
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93 De Montfort remains on probation as MPharm
provider De Montfort University remains on probation
as an MPharm provider following a visit from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
last month
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93 Developments in medicines management must
speed up Developments in medicines management are
heading in the right direction, but need to speed up, according to David Webb,
principal pharmaceutical officer, Department of Health
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94 Divergent views emerge over
status of loperamide Differences of opinion between
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the National Pharmacy Association have emerged
over a proposal to add the treatment of acute diarrhoea associated with previously
diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to the general sale list indications
for the loperamide products Imodium capsules and Imodium Instants
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94 OTC abuse put under Parliamentary scrutiny There
is to be a Parliamentary inquiry into the scale and nature of the misuse of over-the-counter
and prescription medicines
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94 Warning over metabolites causing glucose
meters to misread Home glucose meters may overestimate
blood sugar levels of patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis or receiving immunoglobulin
preparations, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has warned
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94 US-style methylamphetamine awareness scheme
planned Pharmacy staff will soon be offered a modified
training programme that originates from the US to raise awareness of the risk
of pseudoephedrine- and ephedrine-containing products being used to make illegal
methylamphetamine. The programme will meet a specification agreed by a range
of pharmacy bodies
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