| Comment 386
Safety of medicines in practice
Dispensing errors — the impact of packaging 386
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News 387-389
News summary 387-389
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• New EU medicines legislation improves patient information 387
• Patients to complete yellow cards 387
• Medicine errors still under-reported 388
• MRSA targets — down to chance? 388
• Winners receive technician of the year awards 388
• New job profile announced for pharmacy technicians under Agenda for
Change 389
Special feature: Gout 391-400
Life-long learning
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the disease and non-drug treatment 391-394
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— pharmacological management 395-400
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Careers 403-404
Careers
Clinical governance — Career opportunities for pharmacists 403-404
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By Debbie Andalo
Pharmacists are becoming increasingly involved in
clinical governance following Government reforms in recent years. This article
examines the skills and experience required of pharmacists working in this field
Meetings 407-408
Reports
Hospital pharmacy automation 407-408
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Letters 411
Using iron dextran to treat anaemia 411
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Articles 414-416
24-hour shift-working system piloted for junior pharmacists 414-416
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By Tom Gray, BPharm, MRPharmS, and Clive Newman MPhil, MRPharmS
A 24-hour shift-working system for junior pharmacists
has been introduced in Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This article looks
at how this system has led to improved clinical pharmacy services within the
trust
Focus on technicians 417-418
Focus on technicians
Introducing a technician-led inhaler counselling service 417-418
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By Alison Woods, Marie L.Currie, MSc ,MPSNI, Michael G. Scott, BSc, PhD, FPSNI,
and James C. McElnay, BSc, PhD, MRPharmS
Patient counselling at the United Hospitals Trust
has traditionally been the responsibility of the pharmacist. This article looks
at how the role of the pharmacy technician has been developed to provide trust-wide
delivery of a technician-led inhaler counselling service
Life-long learning 421-422
Life-long learning
Gout 421-422
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