Hospital Pharmacist
2008;15:77-78
March 2008

77 Hospital pharmacists urged to help patients report side effects Hospital pharmacists have not been overlooked by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the expansion of its side effects reporting scheme to include the public, despite the fact that a high-profile campaign to promote the scheme focuses on community pharmacies
Hospital Pharmacist 2008;15:77
Full Text

77 Collaboration is needed to help develop new professional body Pharmacy organisations across the profession need to collaborate to help develop the new professional body for pharmacy, said Richard Cattell, chief pharmacist, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust and the new president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
Hospital Pharmacist 2008;15:77
Full Text

77 Unsocial hours pay agreed Proposals for the rate of pay for unsocial hours have been accepted by NHS staff. The proposals relate to hours worked during the normal working week — arrangements for overtime, on-call or residency agreements are unaffected
Hospital Pharmacist 2008;15:77
Full Text



RESEARCH UPDATE

78 Study calls for better sepsis management Implementing hospital-wide guidelines to help recognise and treat bloodstream infections can raise the standard of care for this condition, a British study has shown
Hospital Pharmacist 2008;15:78
Full Text

78 Online applications are good news for research Applying for approval to conduct clinical research has been simplified by the recent launch of an online application system
Hospital Pharmacist 2008;15:78
Full Text

77 NEWS IN BRIEF
Hospital Pharmacist 2008;15:77

Information to help pharmacists and technicians decide if they want to pursue a career in clinical research has been published by the Institute of Clinical Research. The new booklet, entitled “To be a pharmacy professional in clinical research”, is aimed at pharmacy professionals with two to three years’ experience.
(PDF 570K)

Nominations are being sought for the GlaxoSmithKline International Achievement Award. Nominations are open to teams of up to six researchers, who have advanced the application of scientific knowledge within pharmaceutical science through published work over the past three years.

The winner will receive £1,000 and expenses to attend the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester on 7–9 September, where they will give a lecture about their work.

Closing date 31 March 2008

Full details

The accuracy of hospital weighing scales, particularly those used in oncology and paediatrics, is the subject of a new review by council trading standards officers. The review follows a series of pilot studies which found examples of hospital staff using inaccurate or unsuitable scales to measure patients’ weight for calculating drug doses.

The review, entitled “National medical weighing project” will start next month.