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235 Study suggests
limited efficacy for antidepressants Clinically
significant responses to newer antidepressant medicines are seen only
in the most severely depressed patients, a new analysis of data suggests.
The analysis was reported by national newspapers some of whose headlines
suggested that these therapies do not work at all
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235 Costs awarded against Society in
FTP case Costs, estimated at £20,000, have been awarded against the Royal Pharmaceutical Society following unsuccessful disciplinary proceedings against two pharmacists. This is the first time the Disciplinary Committee has used new powers to award costs in fitness-to-practise proceedings
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235 Decisions about models of care will be local,
Darzi says Pharmacists should find out who is involved
with the local clinical working groups linked with the NHS Next Stage Review
in England if they want to contribute to the debate, Lord Darzi urged participants
at a pharmacy engagement event in London this week
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236 High Court issues first ruling on “necessary and desirable” test Guidance on how primary care trusts in England should interpret the introduction of a consumer choice element to the “necessary or desirable” test for new pharmacy contracts has been given for the first time by the High Court
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236 Pharmacists should not have to register
with child protection scheme Pharmacists and pharmacy
staff should be excluded from legislation requiring registration of individuals
working with children and vulnerable adults, pharmacy organisations have argued
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236 Sainsbury’s supermarket to host GP appointments as part of access improvement trial Some patients will be able to see their GP out of hours at a local Sainsbury’s supermarket in Manchester from this week, as part of a six-month trial to improve access and convenience
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236 Pfizer has no intention of working with
additional wholesalers Pfizer has no intention
of broadening its direct-to-pharmacy supply model to include additional wholesalers,
The Journal has learnt
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237 Demands for new powers
in advance of pandemic Improved emergency supply
provisions and a national minor ailments scheme should be introduced immediately
rather than waiting for an influenza pandemic to hit
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237 Upgrading technicians could leave a shortage Partially
trained pharmacy technicians, retired technicians and trained dispensing assistants
should be eligible for temporary registration as qualified technicians in national
emergencies, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has told the Department of Health
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237 Society of Homeopaths to spin off its regulatory
functions The Society of Homeopaths is to separate
its regulatory and professional development functions
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237 Minister promises to assess the impact of
proposals arising from Darzi review Health minister
Dawn Primarolo has given her assurance that impact assessments will be undertaken
as part of the NHS Next Stage Review in England
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238 Stop-smoking advice to
focus on deprived areas Help for people living
in deprived areas to give up smoking is at the heart of new public health guidance
from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. The ability of
pharmacists and their staff to reach smokers in the community was highlighted
this week at a press conference to launch the guidance
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238 Society gives members free access to journals
online An online library service has been launched
by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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238 NPA tests new pharmacy support programme Support
from the National Pharmacy Association for innovative services will be expanded
in the summer if a trial programme proves successful
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239 Violent pharmacist struck
off Samuel Edwin Ashby, who was jailed for 14 months for attacking a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s staff during a Statutory Committee hearing, has been ordered to be struck off the Register of Pharmacists for a second time using the Society’s modernised disciplinary procedures
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239 Rise in indicative rates for enhanced services
in Wales Increases of 4 per cent in the indicative
rates for enhanced services delivered to nationally agreed templates in Wales
have been agreed by Community Pharmacy Wales and Welsh local health boards
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240 Pharmacists have mixed
reaction to Notts minor ailments scheme Around half of pharmacists asked about their participation in Nottingham’s “Pharmacy first minor ailments scheme” were positive about the programme, a newly published study reveals
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240 Patients could control access to e-records Patient
control of access to electronic health records could quell a number of concerns
over appropriate use of health data, MP Sandra Gidley (Lib Dem, Romsey) argued
in Parliament last week
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240 Crohn’s patients may benefit from early intensive treatment Intensive early treatment of Crohn’s disease could improve patient outcomes, a study suggests
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240 Multidrug resistant TB rates rise Nearly
half a million new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are estimated
to occur each year worldwide with reports of extensively drug-resistant TB now
recorded in 45 countries, a World Health Organization report reveals
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240 Forum on health worker shortages International
shortages of health workers will be highlighted next week when the first global
forum on human resources for health convenes in Kampala, Uganda
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240 Focus on chronic disease not terror World
governments are focused on fighting terrorism at the expense of tackling chronic
disease, according to a US academic
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240 Counterfeiters tracked to China Details
of a collaboration between Interpol, scientists from the Wellcome Trust and Oxford
University and the World Health Organization that led to the arrest of alleged
traders of counterfeit antimalarial drugs in China have been published online
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