269 Medicines
management reflects trusts' strengths and weaknesses Pharmacy
input is essential for good medicines management in hospitals,
a new review indicates
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270 Consultation
on NHS pension changes under way for staff in England and Wales Comments
about new pension arrangements are being sought from NHS staff
and employers in England and Wales
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270 Medical
research compromised by new laws and budgets, doctors warn Over
zealous application of data protection law and uncertainties about
funding are causing concern to medical researchers, according to
the authors of recent articles in the BMJ and a response from the
British Medical Association
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270 UK hospitals
are poorly prepared for a major incident Hospitals in the UK are poorly
prepared to cope with a major incident, such as an act of terrorism, according
to the authors of a report in the Emergency Medical Journal
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271 Independent
prescribers could qualify by the end of the year Now
that the curriculum for the education and training of independent
prescribers has been endorsed by the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society, independent prescribers could qualify by the end of the
year
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271 MPs briefed
on hospital pharmacy A briefing document, aimed at key opinion formers
and parliamentarians in England, has been produced by the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society and the Hospital Pharmacists Group
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269 NEWS
IN BRIEF
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David Nicholson, currently the chief executive of NHS London, is
expected to take over as the new NHS chief executive this month. He replaces
acting chief executive, Sir Ian Carruthers.
Eight more NHS trusts are set to achieve foundation trust status,
bringing the total to 48, the Department of Health has announced. The
identity of the trusts involved will be announced in three stages,
on
1 November 2006, 1 December 2006 and 1 February 2007.
August saw the launch of “Food watch”, a new national
campaign by Patient and
Public Involvement Forums. The forums will
survey patients and their visitors about the quality of the food they
receive during their stay in hospitals across England, as well as about
the cost of drinks and snacks, now often provided by high-street outlets.
The final version of a code of practice on preventing and controlling
health care-associated infections is due to be published by the Department
of Health on 2 October. It is to form part of the Healthcare Commission’s
annual health check from April 2007. A draft
code was published in
July.
A draft specification for electronic prescribing systems has been
developed by NHS Connecting for Health (PDF 470K).
The first national audit of NHS services for people with multiple
sclerosis was published by the Multiple Sclerosis Trust and the Royal
College of Physicians this summer.
It can be accessed at www.rcplondon.ac.uk
New delivery arrangements for Hospital Pharmacist
New postal charges
mean that subsequent issues of Hospital Pharmacist will be sent out
in the same wrapper as The Pharmaceutical Journal.
If any hospital pharmacist or subscriber does not receive their journals,
please e-mail your name, address and Society registration number to
jo.cook@rpsgb.org
Hospital Pharmacist conference
Owing to refurbishment of the hall at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society,
the next Hospital Pharmacist conference will be held in February
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