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167 Testing of EPS release 2 at least six months behind Testing of release 2 of the electronic prescription service (EPS) will start at least six months later than originally planned with no dates yet specified for three out of 12 pharmacy systems
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167 Halifax branch of Boots to host GP surgery in bid to improve access GP services are to be located in a Boots store in Halifax town centre in a bid to improve access to healthcare services for local residents
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167 Concerns raised about prescription direction as joint GP/pharmacy venture formed in Avon Assura Pharmacy Ltd has formed a 50/50 joint venture — GP Care Pharmacy — with GP Care, a company set up by 600 GPs from 89 practices in the Bristol area, to develop a “direct-to-consumer” pharmacy service along with a network of pharmacies on high streets and at GP practices
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168 Scottish contract talks set to incorporate cost survey Financial negotiations over the next stage of the community pharmacy contract in Scotland will include a new survey into the cost of providing pharmaceutical services
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168 Pharmacy role in sexual health highlighted as new funding is announced for England Pharmacy’s
place as a provider of sexual health services has been reaffirmed by the Royal
Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
in their responses to a Government pledge of new funding for contraception in
England
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168 Text to find nearest pharmacy Anyone
wanting to find out the location of their nearest pharmacy, or other healthcare
provider, can now do so using a pilot SMS text messaging service from NHS Direct
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168 GP surgeries to open for an extra 30 minutes a week for every 1,000 patients registered GP surgeries in England will be open longer from April under Government plans to require surgeries to provide an extra 30 minutes of opening time per week for every 1,000 registered patients
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169 Care bundles reduce ICU pharmacy costs in Wales All adult intensive care units across Wales have reduced their pharmacy costs, some by as much as 50 per cent, after adopting care bundles, according to the Welsh Critical Care Improvement Programme
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169 Further funding for Welsh substance misuse services Substance misuse services in Wales are to benefit from a £12.6m funding boost over the next three years, the Welsh Assembly Government has announced
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169 Alert patients to possible signs of epilepsy Pharmacists have an important role to play in referring people with symptoms of epilepsy for expert diagnosis, the Welsh Assembly Government has said
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169 Welsh AfC to be amended Agenda for Change in Wales is to see a number of inconsistencies ironed out following health minister Edwina Hart’s acceptance of the recommendations of a review of the new pay system for NHS staff
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169 Urgent care centres to be piloted to curb A&E use in Wales Urgent care centres designed to reduce inappropriate use of accident and emergency services are to be piloted in Wales
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170 One year quit rates similar for NRT and varenicline Abstinence from smoking is greater after 12 weeks of varenicline treatment than after 10 weeks of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), according to a study
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170 No convincing evidence for Grazax in hay fever Use of Grazax (grass pollen extract) to treat hay fever is not, on current evidence, recommended by the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
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170 Rituximab offers hope for new treatment approach for MS Using rituximab to deplete B-cells reduces the number of inflammatory brain lesions and clinical relapses in patients with multiple sclerosis, a phase II trial has shown
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170 Hospital CD guidance Guidance on the management of Controlled Drugs in secondary care was published this week by the Scottish Government
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170 NHSmail piloted NHSmail is being piloted in 30 pharmacies in the Northamptonshire Primary Care Trust area and NHS Connecting for Health is in discussion with a number of other PCTs to run similar pilots, according to the Pan-Pharmacy IT Group
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171 Clopidogrel rebound reported Evidence to support a rebound effect following withdrawal of clopidogrel treatment in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was reported last week in JAMA
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171 Islet transplants boost for diabetes patients Islet
transplant services for people with type 1 diabetes are to benefit from up to £2.34m
in annual funding from April, the Government announced this week
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171 MHRA warns people off buying slimming products
on the web Warnings about a slimming product, Therma Power, that is available
to buy over the internet have been highlighted by the Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency
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171 Challenge to restricted ownership Germany has been asked by the European Commission to justify its ban on corporate ownership of pharmacies
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171 Healthcare market plans delayed Plans for a European Directive to clarify patients’ rights to travel to other EU countries for treatment at the expense of their own national health service seem to be in disarray
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171 Access to publicly funded research Academics
from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine have challenged the European Commission to widen access to research
findings generated using public money
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171 Cancer control prioritisation call Slovenia, which currently holds the EU presidency, has called for cancer control to be made a priority in Europe
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172 GPs negligently ignore advice to limit sleeping pills Doctors are regularly misprescribing painkillers, sleeping tablets and other medicines that can prove highly addictive, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Misuse has claimed
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172 Hepatitis B treatment approved in latest round of SMC appraisals Hepatitis B treatment telbivudine (Sebivo) has been approved for use within NHS Scotland in the latest series of appraisals by the Scottish Medicines Consortium
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172 MedicinesComplete for Scotland’s contractors Access to MedicinesComplete — the online reference resource that includes Martindale, the BNF and ‘Stockley’s Drug Interactions’, among other titles — is being made available to community pharmacists in Scotland following an agreement between RPS Publishing and Community Pharmacy Scotland
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172 NICE announces its 15th work programme Drugs to treat a range of cancers are on the list of technologies to be assessed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence as part of its 15th work programme
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173 Summer heat poses increasing risks; winter deaths likely to fall Heatwaves pose an increasing risk to the health of people in the UK, according to a report on the health effects of climate change published by the Health Protection Agency and the Department of Health
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173 Innovative thinking needed to drive practice
forward To drive practice forward pharmacists must “think
outside the
box”, according to Keith Ridge, England’s chief pharmaceutical officer
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173 Disciplinary Committee chairman appointed Two
top positions on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Disciplinary Committee
have been filled with the appointment of a chairman and deputy chairman
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173 Ash to leave Lloydspharmacy Lloydspharmacy’s
managing director Justin Ash is leaving the company
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173 New health checks on NHS Choices A
diabetes symptom checker and body mass index calculator have been added to the
NHS Choices website
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