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635 Clarke Inquiry
wants to hear views of more people Formal
evidence sessions being held as part of the independent inquiry into
a future professional body are now under way. Nigel Clarke, inquiry chairman,
accepts that the debate within the profession is still gathering pace
and he wants to hear the views of more people
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635 Warn patients of fire risk with
paraffin use Patients being treated with
100g or more of paraffin-based products should receive information about
the potential fire risk of such products when the treatment is first
dispensed, the National Patient Safety Agency has announced
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635 Prescription charges to go in Scotland from
2011 Prescription charges in Scotland will be abolished
from 2011 following a phased reduction which will start next year (2008)
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635 Practice payment to increase Community
pharmacies in England are to get an increased practice payment of 34.5p per prescription
item from 1 January 2008
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636 Out-of-hours emergency
supplies plan for Cornwall Emergency supplies of
medicines will be available from selected pharmacies in Cornwall under a patient
group direction in the lead-up to Christmas
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636 Sheffield pharmacies to be rewarded for
identifying potential drug cost savings Pharmacies
in Sheffield will be paid for identifying potential cost savings on prescriptions
when a new enhanced service starts next month. Sheffield Primary Care trust is
commissioning the service, which will be launched through two practice-based
commissioning consortiums in deprived areas of the city
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636 EPS will necessarily increase original pack
dispensing Original pack prescribing and dispensing
in England will be encouraged by the electronic prescription service (EPS), the
NHS Business Services Authority, which is responsible for pricing NHS prescriptions,
has said
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637 NHS cancer strategy includes
role for pharmacists Pharmacists are to have an expanded role in spotting cancer early following the launch of the Government’s Cancer Reform Strategy this week
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637 New antifungal medicine launched Intravenous
therapy with anidulafungin (Ecalta) is a new treatment option for people with
fungal blood infections. Launched by Pfizer last week, the echinocandin antimycotic
is indicated for the treatment of invasive candidiasis in adults who are not
neutropenic
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637 MHRA advises on erythropoietins New prescribing advice for recombinant human erythropoietins is highlighted in the December 2007 issue of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s Drug Safety Update
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638 Trade union will allow
for personal representation Two reasons — one strategic and the other tactical — have been put forward by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association for the formation of a new trade union for pharmacists
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638 Six companies found to have seriously breached
ABPI code of practice Promotional activities by
six companies have been ruled by the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice
Authority to have broken the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
code of practice. The breaches are considered so serious that they have brought
discredit on the pharmaceutical industry
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638 Pharmacy Mutual sale to NPA: policy holders
to vote again Pharmacy Mutual Insurance Company policy holders are being asked to vote for a second time on the sale of the company’s renewal rights to the National Pharmacy Association and subsequent distribution to PMI members of its assets
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638 CHRE looks at fitness-to-practise penalties Consultation
has started on bringing in a standardised set of penalties to be used by the
nine health regulators that are supervised by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory
Excellence
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639 PCTs must learn about
local needs Before embarking on the commissioning
of services, primary care trusts need to have a much better grasp of local health
requirements, according to a Healthcare Commission report on the state of health
care in England and Wales released this week. Concerns also persist over unequal
access to health care
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639 Community pharmacy must improve incident
reporting Community pharmacists are being urged
to increase their reporting of patient safety incidents. At a conference on patient
safety and risk in London last week, Jane Moore, a director of health care quality
for the Department of Health, told delegates that their challenge was to increase
the number of reports coming from community pharmacists and GPs
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639 Safe dispensing design guides issued by
NPSA Advice on how to minimise errors in the dispensary
has been issued by the National Patient Safety Agency in the form of two new
booklets in the agency’s “Design for patient safety”
series
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640 Uniformity of enhanced
services skills in NW England recognised A group
that has harmonised accreditation requirements for pharmacists to provide enhanced
services across primary care trusts in the north west of England scooped an Acorn
award for pharmacy at the NHS Alliance conference held in Manchester last month
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640 Pharmacy EHC flak rebutted by Society Pharmacies that are supplying emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) to girls under 16 years of age should review their policy and consider whether they are adding to, rather than reducing, the number of teenage pregnancies, according to a report from the Family Education Trust. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has defended pharmacists’ role in providing sexual health advice and contraception
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640 World Health Organization focuses on paediatric
medicines Research into children’s medicines is to receive a boost with the launch of a World Health Organization campaign, unveiled at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, this week
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641 Bile acid sequestrant
for high cholesterol launched Patients with high
cholesterol may benefit from treatment with colesevelam hydrochloride, a new
bile acid sequestrant therapy. The medicine is the first of its kind to be available
in the UK in tablet form
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641 NPC calls for review of NSAID prescribing Prescribers need to be vigilant when considering the use of some traditional anti-inflammatory painkillers, such as diclofenac, for patients at risk of cardiovascular events, the National Prescribing Centre warns in the latest MeReC
Extra bulletin
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641 Fluconazole reasonable alternative to griseofulvin Fluconazole
is a reasonable alternative to griseofulvin for treating scalp ringworm in children,
according to the December issue of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
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641 Aprotinin licence suspended Aprotinin
(Trasylol) is no longer routinely available in the UK after the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency officially suspended its marketing authorisation
pending the outcome of a full Europe-wide review of its safety. This is expected
to take at least three months
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641 Elderly willing to pay for drugs Older
people would be prepared to pay for medicines and treatment that are not available
on the NHS, a Saga/Populus poll has found
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