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Comment 466
Pharmacist prescribing — from concept to reality 466
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By Gareth Jones, MRPharmS
Supplementary prescribing training is not being tailored to meet the needs of pharmacists, and the requirements of the clinical management plans, the bedrock of supplementary prescribing, are grey. These were some of the views expressed at the Hospital Pharmacist conference by pharmacists on the supplementary prescribing courses, which demonstrated that many issues are still unresolved in this latest advancement in pharmacy practice
News 468-469
News summary 468-469
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• Applications invited for hospital medicines management collaborative 468
• Article 12 of POM order to be extended 468
• New MHRA medical equipment leaflet launched 468
• Nominate safety champions, say NPSA 469
• The guild is concerned about pharmacist job evaluations 469
Reviews 471
Review of circulars and official publications 471
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By Alex Bower, MRPharmS
Subjects under review this month include new rules on interventional procedures, updates on cancer services and the potential of genetics
Hospital Pharmacist Conference PDF (460K) 472-486
Views on why pharmacists should prescribe, what training they should receive,
how supplementary prescribing will work in practice and what legal responsibilites
prescribing brings were all presented at the seventh annual Hospital Pharmacist
conference held in London on 30 October. Gareth Jones and
Rachel Graham report
Pharmacist prescribing 472-475
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It makes good business sense 476
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What does the Society think? 479
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Designated medical practitioners 479
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Prescribing courses — one size fits all? 480
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New rights bring new responsibilities 483
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The Department of Health’s view 484-485
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The future for pharmacist prescribing 485
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Focus on technicians 487-490
Focus on technicians
Introducing a medicines management service led by a pharmacy technician 487-490
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By Marie-Louise Lewis
A technician-led ward medicines management service can reduce medication errors and free pharmacist time. This article describes the introduction of such a service at the Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire
Papers 491-494,
496-498
Development of a CPD peer support strategy for hospital pharmacists 491-494
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By Lynne Bollington, MRPharmS, MEd
Objective — To develop a strategy of peer support to help pharmacists in the reflective phase of continuing professional development (CPD)
Determining the rates and types of errors in pharmacy-managed aseptic preparation units 496-498
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By R. Bateman, MRPharmS
Objective — To determine the types and rates of
errors in pharmacy-managed aseptic preparation units
Meetings and Conferences 495,
499-502
Reports
Pharmaceutical Aseptic Services Committee and the Hospital Pharmacists' Group 495
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An update on the implications for hospital pharmacists of the clinical trial directive and a new method for validating "spraying in" were among the topics discussed at the joint meeting of the Pharmaceutical Aseptic Services Committee and the Hospital Pharmacists' Group held in London on 18 November. Rachel Graham reports
European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy 499-501
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Systems of care and standards of practice were the main themes of the 32nd European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) held in Valencia from
29 October to 1 November. Christine Clark reports
Procurement and Distribution Interest Group 501-502
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The Procurement and Distribution Interest Group (PDIG) of the Guild of
Healthcare Pharmacists held its autumn symposium in Coventry on 13 November. Gareth Jones reports
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