News summary
Outpatients at Leeds trust
benefit from home drug delivery service Some outpatients at
the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust no longer have to wait in the hospital
for their medicines to be dispensed...[more]
New team to study adverse drug events
A medicines risk management team is being formed at Barts and the London
NHS Trust...[more]
Hospital care award winners announced A
paper on monitoring performance in clinical pharmacy, by Karen Reid et
al from the Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust, has won the hospital
category of the Pharmaceutical Care Awards 2000...[more]
NEWS IN BRIEF
The College of Pharmacy Practice is to hold a conference on “Competency
and the extended role of pharmacy support staff” on Tuesday, July 3 at
the Holiday Inn in Reading. The accreditation of pharmacy technicians
will be one of the subjects to be discussed. Details from Teresa Holloway
(tel 024 76692400, fax 024 76693069).
The Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is to hold a course entitled “Paediatric
therapeutics for pharmacy technicians” on September 26 and October 24
at the Institute of Child Health, Royal Liverpool Children’s NHS Trust,
Liverpool. Course attendance fee: £30. Details from Anne Johnson (tel
0151 2525548).
The Primary and Community Care Pharmacy Network is to hold a conference
entitled “The challenge of change” on October 8 and 9 in Newcastle. The
full conference package costs £200. The deadline for registration is July
20 (a late booking fee of £15 will be charged after this date). Details
from David Cook (tel 0191 2932717, fax 0191 2932752).
The North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust in north London has been granted
teaching hospital status by the University of London.The hospital will
now be officially known as The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS
Trust.
The International Hospital Federation (IHF) has launched a website for
health professionals. The website (www.hospital
management.net) provides access to hospital-related news and product
updates, as well as a global calendar of conferences.
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