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New year regulations — developmental needs for 2006 2
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News 3-4
News summary 3-4
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• NHS modernisation hindered by recruitment difficulties 3
• Pharmacists move to primary care 3
• Drug price reductions save £700m 3
• Ageing population to increase NHS costs 4
• Patients now offered a choice of NHS hospitals 4
Special feature: Pulmonary hypertension 7-14
Life-long learning
— the condition and specialist assessment 7-9
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— treatment options 10-14
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Careers 15-16
Careers
A career as a … specialist HIV pharmacist 15-16
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By Haley Hill, BSc, MRPharmS
HIV drug therapy is a fast-moving area. This article looks at the
how the role of an HIV specialist pharmacist has developed and discusses important issues unique to this area of pharmacy
Safety of medicines in practice 17-19
Safety of medicines in practice
Purchasing safer medicines — a national risk assessment strategy 17-19
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By Andrew Alldred, BPharm, MRPharmS
NHS purchasing groups can help reduce medicine-related
errors by ensuring that the medicines they purchase have been assessed for their
error potential. This article describes factors involved in the risk assessment
process
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Meetings 20-26
Reports
Advances in treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension 20-21
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Evidence for new therapies to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension were discussed
at a recent meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians. Steve Dawber
reports
Pharmacy's role in preparing for and managing in emergencies 22-24
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The role of pharmacy in emergency preparedness was
among the issues discussed
at this year’s ASHP midyear meeting, including the response to hurricane
Katrina and preparing for a possible chemical attack. Hannah Pike, Christine
Clark and Laurence Goldberg report
Improving medication safety — prescribing and dispensing errors 25-26
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Strategies to reduce errors during the prescribing
and dispensing processes were
discussed at this year’s UK Clinical Pharmacy Association autumn symposium.
Christine Clark and Hannah Pike report
Focus on technicians 27-28
Focus on technicians
First year of registration — the challenges ahead for technicians 27-28
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It is one year since the Royal Pharmaceutical Society opened a voluntary register
for pharmacy technicians. Darren Leech looks at the number of technicians who
have registered and explains why technicians need to ensure their interests are
protected
Life-long learning 29-30
Life-long learning
Pulmonary hypertension 29-30
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