| Comment 34
Pharmacoeconomics — the importance for pharmacists 34
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News 37-38
News summary 37-38
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• White Paper outlines shift from secondary care to primary care 37
• Health research strategy announced 37
• NHS trusts not meeting MRSA targets 38
• Improvements needed in NHS cancer plan 38
• New cases of HIV being diagnosed in the UK remain high 38
Special feature: Health economics 41-50
Life-long learning
— an introduction to the methodology 41-44
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— the models used for health economic analysis 45-47
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— the evaluation and application of pharmacoeconomic studies 48-50
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Careers 51-52
Careers
A career as a … falls prevention pharmacist 51-52
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By Jeremy Robson BPharm, Clin Dip Pharm, MRPharmS, Gill Sunderland, BSc, Clin
Dip Pharm, MRPharmS and Phil Deady BSc, Clin Dip Pharm, MRPharmS
Pharmacists’ unique skills in medication review
are invaluable in the falls prevention setting. In this article Jeremy Robson
describes a typical week in his role as falls prevention pharmacist at The Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Safety of medicines in practice 53-55
Safety of medicines in practice
Medication incident reports — improving the quality of reporting 53-55
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By Gillian Cavell, BPharm, MRPharmS
Reports of medication incidents need to be accurate
and complete for the NPSA to identify error trends and disseminate safety information.
This article describes how review of incident reports by pharmacists improves
the reliability of the analysis
Papers 56-57
Cooling enhances benzylpenicillin stability during continuous home intravenous administration 56-57
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By Jane Vella-Brincat, BSc, MRPharmS, MPSNZ, Evan Begg, MBChB, FRACP, MD, Mei
Zhang, BMed, MMed, PhD and Stephen Chambers, MSc, FRACP, MD
OBJECTIVE — To demonstrate the effects of chilling
on the stability of benzylpenicillin sodium in NaCl 0.9% during simulated home
IV therapy
Focus on technicians 58-60
Focus on technicians
Medicines management technicians in mental health 58-60
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Pharmacy services in Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare
NHS Trust have been redesigned over the past few years, extending the role of
medicines management technicians. This article looks at how the role has developed
and the benefits it brings to both patients and staff
Life-long learning 61-62
Life-long learning
Health economics 61-62
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• Branch meetings Text
• Society meetings Text
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Hospital Pharmacist
