181 Controlled Drug management guide for hospitals welcomed
Pharmacists charged with implementing recent legislative changes about Controlled Drugs have welcomed last month's guidance published by the Department of Health and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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181 Waiting for medicines remains most common cause of discharge delays Waiting
for medicines is still the most common reason for delays in discharging
patients from hospital. This is according to the latest inpatient
survey (2006), from the Healthcare Commission, carried out by the
Picker Institute in over 167 acute and specialist NHS trusts in
England
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182 Online access to formulary and drug guidelines wins IT award A team from University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has won the First DataBank Europe Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists information technology award for 2007
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182 Medicines reconciliation standards to be developed by NICE and NPSA Advice on a standard approach to medicines reconciliation on admission to hospital is to be produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, in collaboration with the National Patient Safety Agency
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182 Guild Matters — new newsletter from the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists This issue of Hospital
Pharmacist sees the launch of Guild Matters, a new newsletter from the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
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182 New awards scheme for pharmacy Hospital
pharmacists and other pharmacy staff are invited to apply, and to nominate others,
for a new set of pharmacy awards
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182 Entries for APTUK/AAH technician award invited Entry
forms for the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK/AAH Hospital Service pharmacy
technician of the year awards are available from AAH or from APTUK
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RESEARCH UPDATE
184 Pharmacist intervention before
surgery reduces drug errors Assessment
by a pharmacist in a surgical preadmission clinic can reduce drug errors
related to postoperative medicines, according to a new US study
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184 Policy needed on safe use of mobile
phones There is a lack of clear and coherent policy
regarding the use of mobile technologies such as mobile telephones for health
care, says a recent editorial
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184 Trusts concerned about progress of
IT project Support from senior NHS support staff
for the NHS information technology programme will diminish unless more progress
is achieved, according to a new study
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184 UK is falling behind in uptake of
cancer drugs Uptake of new drugs for cancer in
the UK is behind that of many countries, according to a recent Swedish report
sponsored by Roche Pharmaceuticals
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181 NEWS
IN BRIEF
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Annual retention fees for pharmacists look set to rise “substantially” next
year, according to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s President, Hemant
Patel.
Sir Michael Rawlins, chairman of the National Institute for Health
and Clinical Excellence, has told patient groups that they should question
the costs of medicines and be wary about donations from pharmaceutical
companies. His comments were made at a King’s Fund briefing held
last month.
Colin Ranshaw, principal pharmacist for quality control at Cardiff
and Vale NHS Trust, has resigned from the Society’s Council due
to long term sick leave required for orthopaedic surgery. This leaves
no pharmacist currently working in hospital practice on the Council.
A new guideline — “Secondary
prevention in primary and secondary care for patients following a
myocardial infarction” — has
been published by NICE.
Feedback
on a draft booklet, “Design for safety: labelling
and packaging guidelines for injectable medicines” (PDF 1.9MB),
is sought by the National Patient Safety Agency.
Case studies detailing improvements in services for patients with
kidney disease, developed in response to the National Service Framework
for Renal Services, are included in the Department of Health’s “Second
progress report”. |
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