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457 Consultation
on responsible pharmacist launched A formal consultation on regulations relating to the “responsible pharmacist” — the concept that will replace “personal control” — was launched by the Department of Health as The Journal went to press
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457 Trust's ratings improve with support
from pharmacy initiatives The NHS is getting
better, but there is still room for further improvement. That was the
message from the Healthcare Commission when it released its second annual
health check of NHS trusts last week
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457 Talks address whether patients may be able
to register for Healthspace at pharmacies Patients
may in future be able to register at community pharmacies to use the NHS web
service Healthspace. The service will provide secure online access for patients
in England, allowing them to view their summary care record, book appointments
and, potentially, order repeat prescriptions
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458 Society attacks EEA prescriptions Proposals
to allow pharmacists to dispense prescriptions written by non-UK registered doctors
from within the European Economic Area and Switzerland will put them at odds
with their professional ethics and patients could be put at risk, says the Royal
Pharmaceutical Society
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458 Scotland underlines plan to scrap prescription
charges Plans to abolish NHS prescription charges
in Scotland hit the headlines this week in the lead-up to a speech that Nicola
Sturgeon, cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing, will make this weekend
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458 Hertfordshire school to unveil robot dispenser The
University of Hertfordshire's mock pharmacy, which includes a robotic dispenser,
is due to be opened by Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer for England,
on 5 November 2007
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458 Regulators should encourage development
of better drugs European medicines regulators should
change their focus so that the licensing system encourages the development of
better medicines. This is the view of two Italian researchers
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458 AZ direct-to-pharmacy scheme to start in
February AstraZeneca’s new direct-to-pharmacy supply and delivery service will start in February 2008
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459 Initiative aims to encourage
men to use pharmacies Men are going to be encouraged to make better use of pharmacies through an initiative launched this week by the Men’s Health Forum
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459 Pharmacy contribution to “care closer to home” agenda highlighted Some of the ways in which services provided by pharmacists might contribute to the Government’s “care closer to home” agenda are set out in a report released earlier this week by the Department of Health
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459 One in six happy to buy self-diagnostic
tests One in six adults is happy to buy a self-diagnostic
test from a pharmacy, according to a report published last week
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459 CPS stimulates debate on access to records Community
Pharmacy Scotland's call to give pharmacists access to electronic patient records
has sparked a debate in Scotland
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460 Patients should be more
involved in insulin choice People with diabetes
must be given more information about the risks and benefits of using different
insulins and more choice about the insulins they use, according to the Insulin
Dependent Diabetes Trust
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460 Pfizer ceases production of inhaled insulin Pfizer
is to cease production of Exubera, its inhaled insulin product, following disappointing
worldwide sales
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460 FDA issues warning over pancreatitis risk
of exenatide The US Food and Drug Administration
has issued a warning to health care professionals over reports of acute pancreatitis
associated with the antidiabetic medicine exenatide (Byetta)
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460 Life expectancy increases Deaths
from cancer, heart disease and stroke are falling and life expectancy is increasing,
according to the Health Profile of England 2007, published this week by the Department
of Health. But rates of diabetes, obesity and alcohol-related hospital admissions
are rising and regional health inequalities still exist, it says
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460 Benefits of glitazones continue to outweigh
risks Concerns about an increased risk of bone
fractures and heart attacks for patients taking thiazoladinedione drugs for type
2 diabetes have been put in perspective by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA),
following a review of evidence
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461 Anti-TNFs accepted by
NICE for rheumatoid arthritis Adalimumab (Humira)
has been added to the anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapies that can be
prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis in the latest round of guidance issued by
the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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461 NICE gives response-rebate scheme for bortezomib
the go-ahead A scheme in which the NHS is refunded
the cost of bortezomib (Velcade) for multiple myeloma patients who fail to respond
adequately to the drug will go ahead
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461 Government report advocates expansion of
pharmacy smoking cessation services Commissioners
of stop smoking services are reminded of the potential for partnerships with
pharmacy in a Department of Health publication released last week
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462 Interim CD guidance for
England Two new interim guidance documents on future
requirements for requisitions and record keeping for Controlled Drugs have been
produced by the Department of Health. A third document updates and replaces earlier
guidance on good CD practice in secondary care
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462 SOP guide for Scotland Guidance
on how to write a standard operating procedure (SOP) for handling Controlled
Drugs was published this week by the Scottish Government
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462 New health regulator planned There
is to be a new health regulator with the power to order the closure of hospital
wards that fail cleanliness inspections
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462 Third of NHS has cash trouble One
in three NHS bodies remains in poor financial health, even though NHS finances
have now moved out of deficit as a whole, the Audit Commission revealed this
week
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462 Transdermal treatment for Alzheimer's Patients
with Alzheimer's disease could benefit from a transdermal patch formulation of
rivastigmine (Exelon), now available from Novartis
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463 Chest infection complications
reduced by antibiotics Prescribing antibiotics
following a chest infection substantially reduces the risk of pneumonia, particularly
in patients over 65 years old, according to research published online. However,
in general, prescribing antibiotics to reduce the risk of serious complications
after upper respiratory infection, sore throat or otitis media is not justified,
it adds
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463 MDS that can accommodate liquids unveiled A
monitored dosage system (MDS) that can accommodate liquid medicines has been
launched by Protomed, the company behind Nomad MDS
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463 MHRA publishes latest batch of decisions
for complaints about medicines promotion Results
of five investigations into the way medicines are promoted were published by
the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency this week
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463 Funding source of clinical studies affects
authors' interpretation of results The funding
source of clinical studies affects authors' interpretation of results, an analysis
of 504 studies examining the effects of inhaled corticosteroids suggests
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463 Award for UniChem obesity pilot UniChem's
professional services team has been recognised for its work in facilitating an
obesity management pilot with an award from the National Obesity Forum
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463 Prednisolone for Bell's palsy Early
use of prednisolone in patients with Bell's palsy is effective, a study of 496
patients suggests
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