37 Medicines
management must be “top priority” in mental health Mental health trusts need to make improving medicines management a top priority, according to last month's report from the Healthcare Commission
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38 Most preventable admissions
caused by just four drug groups Just four groups of drugs account for more than half of medicines-related preventable hospital admissions, according to research published
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38 Mandatory registration of technicians
delayed Pharmacy technicians in England and Wales will not now be covered by the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 when it comes into force. Implementation of other aspects of the Order is expected later this month
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38 Drugs affect outcome more than behaviour Mortality benefits that are associated with evidence-based medicines after acute myocardial infarction (MI) are related to drug effects more than to changes in generic behavioural attitudes. These were the conclusions of a population-based observational longitudinal study published recently
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38 Improved handling of drug shortages
needed Joint guidelines to ensure that medicines shortages are handled in a more collaborative way have been published by the Department of Health, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and the British Generic Manufacturers Association
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37 NEWS
IN BRIEF
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The NHS Retirement Fellowship is seeking more pharmacist members.
Any pharmacists who are already retired,or who are about to retire, and who
might be interested in joining, may contact the fellowship’s central
office by e-mail (sherry.smith@dorset-pct.nhs.uk) or visit www.nhsrf.org.uk
Helping renal units reduce the incidence of meticillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus infection is the aim of a self-assessment
tool and guidance set up by the Department of Health.
Over 500,000 biomedical papers (full text) are now available free
of charge from the UK PubMed Central online
archive. Those providing
financial support include The Wellcome Trust, The British Heart Foundation,
and Cancer Research UK.
A new tool to help reduce hospital admissions has been developed
by the King’s Fund and others. The combined
predictive model uses primary and secondary data to help clinicians identify patients
with long-term conditions who are most at risk of unplanned and unnecessary
hospital admissions.
A new award for pharmacy technicians has been set up by the Association
of Pharmacy Technicians UK. Sponsored by AAH Hospital Services, the
APTUK/AAH Hospital Service Technician of the Year Awards replace AAH’s
Hospital Pharmacy Technician of the Year Awards. Entries submitted
for the 2006 AAH award (closing date now passed) will be automatically
transferred to the new awards. |
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