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Comment 354
Agenda for change — All change! All change! 354
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News and reviews 357-358
News summary 357-358
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• Hospital pharmacists asked to promote public health work 357
• Nurse helps launch one-stop dispensing 357
• Oncology prescribing clinic launched 358
• Minister visits hospital pharmacy 358
• Report benefits of £12m investment 358
• Award for medicines information pharmacist 358
Special feature: Chronic obstructive
pulmonary diseas (COPD) 359-376
COPD— the disease and non-drug treatment 359-364
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By Chandra M. Ohri, MRCP and Michael C. Steiner, MRCP
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects 900,000 people in the UK and is the only leading cause of death that is increasing in prevalence. This articles outlines the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical
features, natural history and
non-drug treatment of the disease
COPD— pharmacological management 367-376
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By Anna C. Murphy, MSc, MRPharmS and Michael C. Steiner, MRCP
Pharmacological treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, while not providing a
cure, is used to manage the symptoms and maintain quality of life. This article reviews the drug treatment available for the disease
Careers 379-382
Careers
Specialising in procurement 379-382
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By Allan Karr, MRPharmS, MBA
Medicines represent a significant portion of NHS expenditure and so it is not surprising that there is interest in their procurement. This article sets out aspects of a procurement pharmacist's job and looks at the training available for those considering a career in this field
Articles 383-388
Handling drug recalls – an audit scheme to assess systems in place 383-384
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By Robert Lowe, MRPharmS
Effective handling of drug recalls is an important part of supply chain management. This articles presents an audit scheme developed to evaluate pharmacy systems for handling these situations
Devising a training needs analysis toolkit 385-388
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By Angharad Hughes, MSc, RGN
Training needs analysis (TNA) is a method of assessing the best way of using available resources to improve the skills of employees. This article outlines a pilot of TNA in a hospital pharmacy department
Conference and exhibition preview 391-393
Moving up the Agenda 391-393
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The eighth conference and exhibition organised by Hospital Pharmacist takes place on Thursday 11 November at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. This article previews the programme and the companies that will be exhibiting
Drug reviews 394-396
Drug reviews
Novel drug for relapsed or chemo-resistant myeloma 394-396
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By Anthony Grosso, MRPharmS, Robert Urquhart, MRPharmS, PhD and Nish Saini, MRPharmS
Bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor, is a new treatment option recently granted a UK licence. This article, part of an occasional feature of drugs reviews, examines the evidence
Focus on technicians 397-398
Focus on technicians
Why not ask a technician to promote better prescribing? 397-398
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By Brian Moulder
It is not just pharmacists who have a role in the national initiative to promote the better hospital use of antimicrobials. This article describes the work of a technician who has analysed prescribing and helped influence drug use
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