Hospital Pharmacist
Vol 15 pp193-232 No 6
June 2008

Jobs and Classified advertising

Comment   195

Professional leadership — next steps for the new body 195
By Ray Fitzpatrick, MRPharmS, and Richard Cattell, MRPharmS
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News and research update   197-198

News summary  197-198
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-Clinical diplomas under threat following Government cuts
-On-call allowance safe until 2010
-Diabetes trials lack patient outcomes
-Benefit of paclitaxel after breast surgery

Special feature: Psoriatic arthritis   199-213

Life-long learning

Psoriatic arthritis — clinical features and diagnosis 199-204
Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease associated with arthritis. This article, the first in a special feature about the disease, describes its clinical features and symptoms, its classification and its diagnosis
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Psoriatic arthritis — treatment approaches 207-213
Psoriatic arthritis is a potentially destructive arthropathy. This article discusses treatments for the condition, how the effect of treatment is assessed and issues for hospital pharmacists to consider when dealing with patients who suffer from the condition
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Careers   215-216

Careers

The role of the specialist pharmacist in rheumatology 215-216
By Richard Copeland, MPhil, MRPharmS
This article outlines the role of the specialist pharmacist in rheumatology. Richard Copeland, who is an independent prescriber, has also been trained to administer intra-articular injections. He describes his work running a rheumatology clinic at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Papers   217-219

A survey of extemporaneous preparation in NHS trusts in Yorkshire, the North-East and London 217-219
By Andrew R. Lowey, DPharm, MRPharmS, and Mark N. Jackson, MPhil, MRPharmS
OBJECTIVE — To reduce the manufacturing burden on NHS hospital staff by collecting data on common extemporaneously prepared oral medicines with the aim of allowing specials manufacturers to produce well researched formulations
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Meetings   220-224

Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
Modern regulation requires a greater emphasis on education 220-224
The General Pharmaceutical Council’s role in education and the need to increase collaboration between academia and clinical practice were discussed at the GHP/UKCPA joint conference. Gareth Malson reports
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Focus on technicians   225-226

Focus on technicians

Developing accredited checking technicians in technical services 225-226
A national framework has been developed for the accreditation and assessment of technicians who carry out product checks in technical services. This article describes how the framework was established and outlines the plans for the future
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Life-long learning   230

Life-long learning

QUESTIONS: Psoriatic arthritis 230
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ANSWERS: Valvular heart disease 229
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Guild Matters (newsletter)   insert

Guild Matters

Guild Matters is a newsletter from the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists. The newsletter highlights important issues to pharmacists and news from the Guild
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