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487 Responsible pharmacist
proposals need exploration Proposals within
the Government's consultation on the responsible pharmacist will need
to be explored to see what impact they might have and what safeguards
should be put in place, said Sue Sharpe, chief executive of the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee, at its community pharmacy conference
held in Birmingham this week
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487 BMA supports APPG on pharmacy services Expanded
pharmacy roles in sexual health services, minor ailments, diabetes screening
and weight management have been given broad support by the British Medical
Association
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487 Professional body inquiry launches call
for evidence An independent inquiry to find out
what form a professional body for pharmacy should take in the future started
this week
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487 Stop press: fees decision On
Thursday 1 November 2007, after The Journal went to press, the Council of the
Royal Pharmaceutical Society met to discuss and agree the retention fees for
2008
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488 Overarching regulator
proposes new set of sanctions Consultation on harmonising
the sanctions available to the nine UK health regulators is about to start
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488 Local response may be lost if PSNI subsumed Pharmacists
in Northern Ireland are concerned that if the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern
Ireland is subsumed into the new London-based organisations, its ability to respond
to local issues will be lost
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488 Medics call for standard prescription charts Inpatient
prescription charts should be standardised across the NHS, the Royal College
of Physicians has recommended
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488 Pharmacy Mutual Insurance Company's policyholders
to vote on takeover by NPA Policyholders of the
Pharmacy Mutual Insurance Company are about to vote on a proposed takeover of
the organisation by the National Pharmacy Association
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489 Pharmacy to be represented
on Darzi advisory group Andy Murdock, pharmacy
director at Lloydspharmacy, will represent the profession on the advisory group
that will help Lord Darzi develop a future strategy for primary and community
care, public health minister Dawn Primarolo revealed this week
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489 SHAs to be responsible for fair commissioning Strategic
health authorities will be responsible for ensuring primary care trust commissioners
deal fairly with NHS and private sector providers in England, the Department
of Health revealed last week
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489 Empower NHS staff to promote clinically
effective practice, says DoH report NHS staff need
to be empowered to promote clinically effective practice, say the authors of
a new report, who were commissioned by England's chief medical officer to consider
how clinical effectiveness in the NHS can be improved
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490 Varenicline to be issued
by PGD in City and Hackney Pharmacists in the east
of London are to provide the smoking cessation medicine varenicline (Champix)
under a new patient group direction (PGD) through City and Hackney Teaching Primary
Care Trust
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490 HPV vaccine for girls 12–13 years Routine
vaccination against cervical cancer is to be offered to girls aged 12 to 13 years
in Britain, the health departments announced last week
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490 Pharmacy adopts digital CD log Canvey
Island community pharmacist Nader Siabi claims to be the first pharmacist to
have replaced paper Controlled Drug registers with computerised records
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490 Professionals’ website on self care
goes live Health professionals with an interest
in self care will have access to a new networking tool with the launch this week
of Self Care Connect
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490 Pope addresses pharmacists Pope
Benedict XVI has warned catholic pharmacists not to ignore their consciences
and to avoid any involvement, whether direct or indirect, in the supply of medicines
used for abortions or euthanasia
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491 Rise in hospital drug
costs revealed Medicines issued in NHS hospitals in England in 2006 represent nearly 24 per cent of the total cost of medicines, which was £10.3bn, new data reveal
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491 Docetaxel offers additional benefit for
head and neck cancer Addition of docetaxel to induction chemotherapy regimens improves survival for patients with unresectable head and neck cancer, according to two studies published last week
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491 Pharmacists asked to participate in lung
cancer awareness November is Lung Cancer Awareness
month and this year community pharmacists are specifically asked to keep a look
out for patients with suspicious symptoms
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491 Diabetes monitoring needs more attention Less than a third of diabetes patients are receiving all the necessary monitoring for their condition, according to a National Diabetes Audit 2005–06 report published last week by The Information Centre — the NHS data collection authority. Nevertheless, this figure is improving year on year, the report says
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492 LTCs make accessing services
difficult Adults with long-term conditions experience
restricted access to services, including pharmacies, according to new research.
However, pharmacies score better than many of the other services examined in
Scotland
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492 Public health legislation to be updated
in Scotland Public health legislation in Scotland
is set to be modernised through a new Bill introduced in the Scottish Parliament
last week. The Public Health etc (Scotland) Bill sets out the public health responsibilities
of health boards
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492 Minister meets pharmacists at Scottish conference Scotland’s Minister for Public Health, Shona Robison, was among the delegates who met pharmacy representatives at last weekend’s Scottish National Party conference in Aviemore
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