149 UK
patients less involved in care decisions than patients overseas UK
patients are less involved in decisions about their treatment and
are less likely to take part in a medicines review or to be given
information about the side effects of their medicines than patients
in other countries, according to new data more
149 New
role for hospital pharmacist Practising hospital pharmacist V’Iain Fenton-May, a senior quality assurance pharmacist based at the pharmaceutical unit in St Mary's Hospital, Cardiff, has been appointed vice-chair of the British Pharmacopoeia and is the UK nomination to the European Pharmacopoeia Commission more
149 Increases
seen in numbers of pharmacists and support staff employed by the NHS Numbers
of pharmacists employed by the NHS have increased more than those for
other health professions over recent years, new figures show more
150 Independent
pharmacist prescribing now legal but training still to be finalised Legislation
to allow qualified independent pharmacist prescribers to prescribe any
licensed medicine (except for Controlled Drugs) has been in force since
1 May more
150 Strategic
health authority numbers set to be reduced from 28 to 10 There
will be 10 strategic health authorities in England from 1 July, rather
than the current 28, Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health,
announced recently more
150 More
generics should be used Using more generic drugs has been highlighted by Sir Ian Carruthers, acting NHS chief executive, as a way of decreasing the annual £10.3bn drugs bill more
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149 NEWS
IN BRIEF
Entries are being sought for the 2007 First DataBank Guild of Healthcare
Pharmacists information
technology award. A £2,500 prize will be awarded
for an IT initiative that has had a positive impact on patient care
or pharmaceutical services. Details are available at www.ghp.org.uk.
Closing date 6 November 2006. This year’s winning project is described
in a meeting report on p184.
Pharmacists approached to act as supervisors under the reciprocal
registration agreement are reminded that Friday 2 June is the last
day that the mandatory four-week period of supervised employment for
pharmacists registered in Australia or New Zealand and wanting to work
in Great Britain may begin.
Phase two of the Department of Health’s National Service Framework
for Older People was published recently. “A
new ambition for old age” sets out the Government’s plans for services for
older people over the next five years, including increasing the role
mental health nurses play in improving dignity in care. |
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