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517 Council agrees
to reduce size of retention fee rise Practising
pharmacists are to pay a retention fee of £395 for 2008, £30
below the fee proposed in July
PJ 2007;279:517
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517 Society to lose prosecutor and judge
double role Legislation will be introduced
in the new session of Parliament to strip the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
of its power to both prosecute and
judge professional disciplinary cases
PJ 2007;279:517
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517 Ask About Medicines Week focuses on young Children
and young people can be more easily taught about the safe and effective use of
medicines following the development of a pack for
health professionals and teachers
PJ 2007;279:517
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517 NPA takeover bid for PMI fails Pharmacy
Mutual Insurance Company policyholders voted overwhelmingly this week to accept
a takeover offer from the National Pharmacy Association
PJ 2007;279:517
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518 Tremendous role for pharmacy
in new polyclinics, Darzi declares Pharmacists
have a tremendous role to play in future polyclinics, Lord Darzi of Denham stressed
in response to questions from the House of
Commons Health Committee about his report into the future of the NHS
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518 New medicines information
strategy launched by network Medicines
information pharmacists are to shape their services around a new strategy
document: “Effective information for managing medicines”
PJ 2007;279:518
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518 EU lays out health objectives for five-year
strategy Three objectives have been identified
by the European Commission to form the central components of a five-year strategic
approach for health
in the EU
PJ 2007;279:518
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518 Ciclesonide “no better than older
medicines” Ciclesonide appears to offer no
advantage over older inhaled corticosteroids, the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
has concluded
PJ 2007;279:518
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518 National Pharmacy Association set for staff
shake-up Changes are to be made to the
staff and structure of the National Pharmacy Association
PJ 2007;279:518
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519 Birmingham pharmacies
to help cut infant mortality Nearly 50
community pharmacies in Birmingham have been recruited to a scheme to try to
reduce infant mortality rates by helping pregnant
women get early antenatal appointments
PJ 2007;279:519
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519 New NICE referrals Eight
more topics have been referred to
the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for the development
of clinical guidelines and public health guidance
PJ 2007;279:519
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519 Aprotinin marketing suspended world-wide Global
marketing for aprotinin (Trasylol) was temporarily suspended this week by its
UK licence holders Bayer and Nordic Pharma following safety
concerns
PJ 2007;279:519
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519 EU-wide OTC orlistat licence sought by GSK Reclassification
of orlistat as a non-prescription medicine throughout the EU is being sought
by GlaxoSmithKline
PJ 2007;279:519
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520 Heart failure deaths in
elderly not reduced by statin Rosuvastatin
reduces cardiovascular hospital admissions but has little impact on reducing
mortality in elderly patients with moderate to severe
heart failure
PJ 2007;279:520
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520 Fenofibrate shown to offer eye health benefits
in type 2 diabetes Treatment
with fenofibrate reduces the need for laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy
by nearly one-third in patients with type 2 diabetes,
according to results from the first study to show treatment with a lipid-modifying
agent reduces diabetic eye disease
PJ 2007;279:520
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520 Parkinson’s disease might occur less
in regular users of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories Regular
use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) might protect against Parkinson’s
disease.
PJ 2007;279:520
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521 £350k deep clean
funding to go to Kent hospital Maidstone and Tunbridge
Wells NHS Trust, Kent, is one of the first trusts to receive Government funding
to conduct a “deep clean” of its hospitals
PJ 2007;279:521
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522 Scottish contract payments
dependent on training Pharmacy contractors in Scotland
must complete IT and clinical training in order to receive the next phases of
contract preparation payments
PJ 2007;279:522
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522 AMS to be implemented from next month Scotland’s
acute medication service (AMS) will start to be implemented in community pharmacies
next month
PJ 2007;279:522
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522 Guidance issued in Scotland on private CD
requisition forms Guidance on the use of private
requisition forms for Controlled Drugs was issued this week in Scotland
PJ 2007;279:522
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522 NPA training increases NHS Direct Wales
pharmacy referrals Referrals to community pharmacies
from NHS Direct Wales have increased three-fold during the daytime and five-fold
out-of-hours following
a National Pharmacy Association training initiative
PJ 2007;279:522
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522 Support for CMS development Development
of the chronic medication service in Scotland is to be supported by a new advisory
group
PJ 2007;279:522
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522 Flu vaccine reimbursement The
starting rate for influenza vaccine cost reimbursement in Scotland has been set
this week at £4.19
PJ 2007;279:522
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522 Funding for drop-in centres Pharmacy-based
drop-in centres are to benefit from £1.2bn of extra funding for NHS Wales
PJ 2007;279:522
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