Hospital Pharmacist
Vol 14 pp1-32 No 1
January 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Comment   2

Stronger together — NHS unions join voices for 2007 2
By Jean Curtis, MSc, MRPharmS
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News   5-6

News summary  5-6
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-NPSA set to overhaul its National Reporting and Learning System
-DoH plan predicts excess NHS jobs
-Section 60 Order now published as law
-Extent of drug errors in mental health unknown

Special feature: Poisoning   7-14

Life-long learning

Poisoning — an overview of treatment 7-9
Poisoning, either accidental or intentional, is a common cause of attendance at accident and emergency departments. This article describes the general management of poisoned patients the role of the pharmacist
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Poisoning — antidotes and their use 10-14
Treatment of poisoning mainly involves providing supportive care to the patient, although a number of antidotes are available for certain circumstances. This article, the second in a special feature, describes some of these antidotes and the circumstances in which they may be used
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Conference preview   17-18

Hospital Pharmacist conference (details and past reports)

Medicines management — learning from the health check 17-18
The 10th conference and exhibition organised by Hospital Pharmacist takes place on Thursday 1 February at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. This article previews the programme and the companies that will be exhibiting
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Careers   19-21

Careers

A career as … a Hospital pharmacist 19-21
By Alan Hindle, DipClinPharm, MRPharmS, Jeff Aston, MSc, MRPharmS, Michelle Haddock, DipClinPharm, MRPharmS, Matt Wright, DipClinPharm, MRPharmS, and Liz Payne, MSc, MRPharmS
Raising awareness of hospital pharmacy among undergraduates is one of the aims of a team of teacher practitioners based at hospitals in the West Midlands. This article describes their work and the responses of students to it
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Meetings   22-25

Procurement and Distribution Interest Group
Procuring quality medicines 22
Recent changes to quality assurance assessment of licensed medicines were among the topics discussed at the Procurement and Distribution Interest Group of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists’ autumn symposium. Matthew Wright reports
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UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
Setting standards and encouraging advanced practice 23-24
The contributions of senior pharmacists to medical research and the delivery of better health care were highlighted at the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association's 25th anniversary symposium. Rachel Graham reports
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American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Using technology to combat fraud 25
Counterfeit drugs are thought to comprise up to 10 per cent of the world market. Advances in the technology being used to combat this problem was one of the topics discussed at the ASHP midyear clinical meeting. Laurence Goldberg reports
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Focus on technicians   26-28

Focus on technicians

Your KSF development review — how to collect evidence 26-28
By Tess Fenn, BA, RegPharmTech
Evidence to show that an individual is meeting the KSF outline for his or her post needs to be presented at his or her annual development review. This article describes the types of evidence that might be used and provides tips on how it can be collected
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Life-long learning   29-30

Life-long learning

QUESTIONS: Poisoning 30
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ANSWERS: Nutrition in hospital 29
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