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Consultant practice — a strategy for practitioner development 2
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By J.G. Davies, D.G. Webb, D. McRobbie, I.P. Bates
The consultant role has been identified in the recent “Vision for pharmacy” and offers an opportunity to establish a career structure for pharmacists as practitioners. Currently, to progress within the profession, individuals are expected to devote increasing time and effort to managing services, often at the expense of their involvement in patient care or other areas of specialised pharmacy practice
News and reviews 5-6
News summary 5-6
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• Agenda for Change pharmacist job profiles published by DoH 5
• First UK DPharm has been awarded 5
• Government proposes that pharmacists could prescribe unlicensed medicines 6
• Progress made in setting up NHS care records service 6
Special feature: Parkinson's disease 9-22
Parkinson's disease — clinical features, pathophysiology and genetics 9-15
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By Naheed L. Khan, MA, MB, BChir, MRCP, and Thomas Britton, MD, FRCP
Parkinson’s disease is a relatively
common neurodegenerative disease,
which mainly affects the elderly.
The first part of this month’s special feature looks at clinical symptoms,
the genetic basis of Parkinson’s disease, and diagnostic issues, including distinguishing the idiopathic illness
from other conditions producing parkinsonism
Parkinson's disease — current and future aspects of drug treatment 18-22
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By K.L. Chan, MRPharmS, P. Jagait, MRPharmS, and C. Tugwell, MRPharmS
The treatment of Parkinson’s disease focuses on controlling symptoms and managing the complications of the drugs used. The second part of this month’s special feature discusses current strategies and looks at some possible future developments that could potentially stop the degenerative process
Focus on technicians 23-24
Focus on technicians
Introducing a one-stop dispensing scheme at a mental health unit 23-24
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By D. Smart
One-stop dispensing can reduce both drug wastage and the potential for error. This article sets out how the dispensary manager, a pharmacy technician, co-ordinated the introduction of the practice at the mental health unit at Clacton and District Hospital
Meeting report 25-29
Reports
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 25-29
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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ midyear clinical meeting was held in New Orleans, USA, from 7 to 11 December 2003.Gareth Jones, Christine Clark and Laurence Goldberg report
Articles 30-32
Rediscovering Aspirin 30-32
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By Pamela Mason, PhD, MRPharmS
New potential uses for the “old” medicine, aspirin, are increasingly being found. This article sets out the evidence for aspirin preventing cataract formation, Alzheimer’s disease, eclampsia and hypertension in pregnancy and cancer. Recent research on the potential of aspirin to treat bacterial infections is also mentioned.
Papers 33-36
Is there a place for third party logistics providers in the hospital pharmacy supply chain? 33-36
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By Liz Breen, PhD
Objective — To establish if there is a role for third party logistics (3PL) providers in the hospital pharmacy supply chain. Third party logistics providers could collect orders from suppliers, and deliver to customers (wards or pharmacy departments) in one consolidated delivery every day.
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