Comment 386 |
Reflecting on 2006 — a year of change for hospital pharmacy 386
By Ray Fitzpatrick, PhD, MRPharmS
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News 387-388 |
News summary 387-388
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-Lives can be saved by investing
in clinical pharmacy services
-Pharmacists assessed for Po-210 risk
-UKCPA to consult on new mission statement
-Self-administration scheme wins award … but others report no real
evidence for SAPs
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Special feature: Procuring
medicines for the NHS 391-403 |
Life-long learning
Key issues for all pharmacy staff 391-393
Budgetary pressures in the NHS mean that clinical
pharmacists and other pharmacy staff may need to develop an understanding of
drug procurement principles. This article describes some of these principles,
including factors that affect the price of medicines
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Recent changes in England 395-401
This article, the second in a special feature, describes
recent changes affecting the NHS supply chain, and the impact this has had on
pharmacy. It describes the key functions of the Supply Chain Excellence Programme
and a London initiative to improve cost-effective procurement of medicines
Hospital Pharmacist 2006;13:395-401
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Principles and practice of e-commerce 402-403
E-commerce is changing the way drugs are procured
in the NHS. This article, the third in a special feature, describes some recent
developments in electronic ordering and invoicing and explains how these have
been implemented at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Hospital Pharmacist 2006;13:402-403
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Careers 404-405 |
Careers
A career as … an education and training pharmacist 404-405
By Barry Jubraj, PGCEA, MRPharmS, Kenye Karemo, MRPharmS, Wendy Pullinger, MEd,
MRPharmS
and Aamer Safdar, PGCE, MRPharmS
Few junior pharmacists aspire to specialise in education
and training, but a changing learning environment means that there is a growing
need for practitioners in this field. This article describes the work of education
and training pharmacists, along with some of the skills needed
Hospital Pharmacist 2006;13:404-405
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Articles 406-410 |
Chronic kidney disease — new approaches to classification 406-410
By Andrea Devaney, DipClinPharm, MRPharmS, and Charlie Tomson DM, FRCP
Recent changes to the classification of chronic kidney
disease have introduced new ways of measuring renal function. This article describes
differences in the techniques used and highlights the problems this may cause
in practice
Hospital Pharmacist 2006;13:406-410
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Focus on technicians 411-412 |
Focus on technicians
What will it mean for technicians to be part of a profession? 411-412
By Helen Middleton, MRPharmS
Professional socialisation, the subject of this article,
is a topic of current interest to pharmacy technicians as they prepare for statutory
registration and the changes to their professional status that this and other
developments may bring
Hospital Pharmacist 2006;13:411-412
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Life-long learning 413-414 |
Life-long learning
QUESTIONS: Procuring medicines for the NHS 414
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ANSWERS: Fungal infections 413
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