5 Pharmacy supply chain in new public-private partnership
Seven NHS trusts have entered a partnership with a wholesaler to manage and streamline the pharmaceutical supply chain more
5 Guidance on diamorphine supply issued
Guidance on the use and supply of diamorphine has been issued by the Department of Health. The information comes in the light of supply problems with the drug, meaning that stocks might reach critical levels more
6 Innovative database to be further developed
A hospital pharmacy database is among the technologies selected for further development by NHS Innovations, a network of regional intellectual property organisations (known as “hubs”) set up across England to capture and commercialise ideas generated by NHS employees more
6 Consultation on skill mix and personal control launched
A consultation document on making better use of a range of skills in the pharmacy workforce was launched recently by the Department of Health more
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Removing patient names from boards on wards to ensure compliance
with data protection rules might compromise the safe delivery of
care, according to a paper in the BMJ (2004;329:1491). The authors
also suggest that patients themselves do not generally agree with the
practice. A survey of 243 patients
and 215 visitors found that 96 per cent of patients were in favour
of having their names written on boards and 90 per cent of visitors did
not
think displaying
names infringed a patient’s privacy.
Sponsorship to visit places overseas where innovative or good health
care is practiced is available to middle and senior managers in any
discipline. Further information is available from Ros Clarke, The Charitable
Trusts for the United Bristol Hospitals, The Abbot’s House, Blackfriars,
Bristol, BS1 2NZ.
The 2005 Hospital Pharmacist conference will take place at the Royal
Pharmaceutical Society, London on 10 November. The topic will be announced
later in the year. The 2004 conference, sponsored by AAH Hospital Service
and Medecator, covered consultant pharmacists, automated dispensing
and IT.
Published and unpublished clinical trial are available from a new
website, produced by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America. The address is www.clinicalstudyresults.org
Five hospital trusts were given foundation status at the start of
January. They are:
· Barnsley District General Hospitals
· Chesterfield
and North Derbyshire Royal Hospitals
· Gateshead Health
· Harrogate Healthcare
· South Tyneside Healthcare. |
Hospital Pharmacist