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3 Antimicrobial pharmacist
funding boost announced Every hospital trust in England will be able to fund an antimicrobial pharmacist post following allocation of £270m a year to support infection control in the NHS
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3 Pharmacy staff key in safe transfer
of patients during Marsden blaze Pharmacy staff played an important part in the care of patients who were transferred to the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, following last week’s fire at the neighbouring Royal Marsden Hospital
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3 Launch of internet pharmacy logo to help protect
consumers Legitimate online pharmacies received
a boost this week with the launch of an authorised internet pharmacy logo by
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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3 Two pharmacists recognised in New Year honours
list Two pharmacists received honours in this year’s New Year honours list
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4 PM pledges to strengthen screening
and prevention Screening, prevention and strengthened
commissioning are to be the basis of continuing reform of the NHS in England,
Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated this week
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4 Changes to NICE procedures recommended by
Health Committee All medicines should be assessed
at launch by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the Health
Committee recommended this week
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4 Government seeks 10 per cent cut in drug prices
in new PPRS agreement, FT reports Savings
of 10 per cent in the prices the NHS pays for drugs are being sought by the Government,
Health Secretary Alan Johnson revealed in an interview in the Financial Timesthis week
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4 Society’s new Disciplinary Committee takes over reins from the Statutory Committee Responsibility for the professional discipline of pharmacists has now passed from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Statutory Committee to its new Disciplinary Committee
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5 Technicians in Scotland to
be registered by Society Pharmacy technicians in
Scotland will soon be able to register with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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5 Scottish Government publishes guidance on
pharmacist independent prescribing Guidance on
independent prescribing by pharmacists in Scotland was published last week
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5 Your Society launched The first issue of Your Society — a monthly newsletter updating members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on its services, personalities and future developments — is distributed with this issue of The Journal
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6 MPs call for brand-only prescribing
for biotech drugs Medicines derived through biotechnology
should always be prescribed by brand, rather than by their generic name, a review
by a Parliamentary panel published this week has recommended
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6 Planned stoma/appliance fees “inadequate” Fees
proposed by the Government for stoma and incontinence services are inadequate
and unrealistic, pharmacy bodies have warned
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6 Voluntary regulation planned for complementary
therapies Practitioners of alternative therapies will be able to register with a new regulator — the Natural Healthcare Council — that is to be launched in April 2008
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6 Neuropathic pain study Dihydrocodeine
provides better neuropathic pain relief than the synthetic cannabinoid nabilone,
according to a study published online. The authors admit that the clinical significance
of the difference is small and neither drug was particularly effective
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7 Europe’s public supports further development of community pharmacy services to widen choice Substantial public support exists for the further development of community pharmacies as alternatives to doctors’ surgeries, according to a report published last month
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8 Community pharmacists must
not miss the boat with commissioning Community
pharmacists should not see practice-based commissioning (PBC) as a passing policy
or they are in danger of being left behind. This is the conclusion of a new guide
on PBC for community pharmacy contractors published by the Pharmaceutical Services
Negotiating Committee this week
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8 Scottish CD regulations to come into force
on 1 February Changes to record keeping requirements
for Controlled Drugs will come into force in Scotland on 1 February 2008. Guidance
on these requirements was published by the Scottish Government at the end of
December 2007
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8 Numark appoints interim head John D’Arcy, who recently moved to Phoenix from the National Pharmacy Association, has been appointed interim managing director of Numark following the death of Simon Colebeck
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8 Roll-out of Pharmasys authorised National roll-out of Pharmasys, Swebtec’s electronic prescription service release 1-compliant system, has been authorised by NHS Connecting for Health
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8 Influenza threshold reached Influenza
reports in England and Wales have exceeded the threshold at which the National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on the use of antivirals
are triggered, the Department of Health has announced
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9 NPA stays silent over rumours
about its CE The National Pharmacy Association
may be about to lose its second chief executive in less than a year
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9 Pharmacy graduates motivated by career and
promotion prospects Career and promotion prospects
are the major motivators for pharmacy graduates when they choose their preregistration
training posts
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10 New pseudoephedrine sales
restrictions confirmed Tightened restrictions on
counter sales of products that contain pseudoephedrine or ephedrine have been
confirmed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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10 Don’t always treat fungal infections, says DTB Fungal
nail infections do not necessarily warrant treatment, the Drug and Therapeutics
Bulletin has concluded
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10 DTB endorses eplerenone Eplerenone
treatment three to 14 days after a myocardial infarction can reduce death and
disease in patients who develop left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVDS)
complicated by heart failure, the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin has concluded
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10 MHRA warns about interactions with statins Updated
prescribing advice for atorvastatin, including new dose restrictions when it
is given with clarithromycin, itraconazole and ciclosporin, is issued in the
latest Drug Safety Update published by the Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency
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10 PPIs drain drug budgets Inappropriate
prescribing of proton pump inhibitors is draining drugs budgets, a BMJ editorial
argues
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10 Paclitaxel combination Treating
metastatic breast cancer with paclitaxel plus bevacizumab prolongs progression-free
survival, but not overall survival, compared with paclitaxel alone, according
to a study
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