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493 Eight groups
want to be central to professional body Eight
pharmacy organisations have stated their desire to be part of the new
professional body for pharmacy, following a meeting of the Waterloo group
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493 Most contractors using barcoded
prescriptions encountering problems Over
50 per cent of contractors who are enabled to use the electronic prescription
service are scanning some or all of the barcoded prescriptions they receive,
according to a survey of 365 pharmacies in England. The survey highlighted
problems with download times and variations in supplier performance
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494 EPS could protect independents
against polyclinics Development of the electronic
prescription service could protect the future of independent pharmacists who
might feel threatened by the creation of super surgeries or polyclinics, the
NHS Confederation suggested last week
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494 Conservatives would resurrect GP fundholding
if they came to power A Conservative government would bring back GP fundholding in England, but under a different name, party leader David Cameron seemed to suggest when he spoke at the influential health think tank the King’s Fund this week
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494 Dedicated “Medicines zone” now
available on NHS Direct website NHS Direct has launched a “Medicines zone” on its website which offers users advice and information about medicines management
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495 Pharmacists in Scotland
still loaning medicines Urgent provision of repeat
medicines in Scotland is still being undertaken using loans or emergency supply
regulations despite a national patient group direction being in place, according
to a study conducted by researchers at the school of pharmacy, The Robert Gordon
University, Aberdeen. Preliminary results from the study were presented at the
Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference held in Liverpool last
week
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495 IPF calls for radical restructuring of community
pharmacy contract Radical restructuring of the community pharmacy contract in England is required to translate the White Paper proposals into action, according to the Independent Pharmacy Federation
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495 Dispensing doctors vow to fight White Paper
proposals Dispensing doctors in England are preparing
to fight proposals set out in the pharmacy White Paper
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496 Pharmacists’ role
in PBC is often peripheral Pharmacists offer proven
value for money in medicines management but their role in practice-based commissioning
(PBC) is often peripheral, David Jenner, NHS Alliance official and GP, told the
AAH Pharmaceuticals convention in Cape Town, South Africa, last week
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496 CPS in funding talks with the Scottish Government Community
Pharmacy Scotland is currently holding talks with the Scottish Government on
pharmacy funding
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496 Over 100 visitors attend Society open day Over 100 visitors attended the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s open day at its London headquarters last weekend
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496 NICE rejects abatacept for RA The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has rejected abatacept (Orencia) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, despite an appeal by the product’s manufacturer
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496 English board election The ballot for the English Pharmacy Board election is going ahead with Chris Morris’s name included, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has confirmed
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497 Huddersfield offers MPharm A
new MPharm course at the University of Huddersfield will accept its first students
in September having achieved stage 3 accreditation from the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society earlier this year
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497 “Square” spin off wins Queen’s
Award A business created on the back of the School
of Pharmacy, University of London, has won national recognition for increasing
its overseas trade by 270 per cent in just three years
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498 Pathfinder project to
improve health of South Asians Health education
and access to services for South Asian communities in Coventry received a boost
this week with the launch of an integrated community programme and outpatient
suite in the local Muslim health centre as well as a healthy living magazine
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498 Glucose self-monitoring could raise anxiety Self-monitoring
does not improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and may worsen
their quality of life by increasing anxiety and depression, research published
online suggests
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498 Tesco checks moles Tesco
Pharmacy has launched a mole checking service this month across 28 of its stores,
with plans for a wider roll out this summer
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498 Cegedim Rx and Telehealth Solutions to integrate
diagnostic tests with pharmacy systems Cegedim
Rx has joined forces with Telehealth Solutions to integrate diagnostic testing
facilities into its pharmacy systems
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499 Vaccine protects under
19-year-olds from dying from meningitis C For the
first time last year nobody under the age of 19 years died as a result of meningitis
C infection
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499 Avian influenza: case report Concerns
about person-to-person transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza have
surfaced again after a report published online shows that a father diagnosed
with the infection in China probably caught it from his son
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499 Global prescription market The
global prescription market grew by 6.4 per cent in 2007 to $712bn, according
to data released this month by IMS Health
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