Prescribing & Medicines Management
Issue no 1
January/February 2003
ISSN 1479-3849

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Short delay expected in launch of training for pharmacist prescribers
Government plans to create 1,000 pharmacists with the authority to prescribe by the end of next year have been slightly delayed despite the commitment of all involved in the initiative to meet the target
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Repeat dispensing projects due to take off in Scotland
Shifting responsibility for repeat dispensing to pharmacists is widely recognised as a way to reduce the workload for GPs, make life easier for patients and increase pharmacist satisfaction. Alison Strath reports on developments in Scotland
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Hands on in Nottinghamshire: medicines management for the elderly
Medicines management in a Nottinghamshire trust focuses on the needs of older people
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Health and social services hitch themselves to the same star
North Eastern Derbyshire PCT is a first wave Medicines Management Services (MMS) Collaborative site. It has a population of approximately 170,000 patients, in a semi-rural area. Like many other PCTs, the health of the elderly population is a priority, with developing standard protocols and processes for conducting medication reviews being a key area of work. What makes the work slightly more unusual is that social services is a key partner
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Trading places to cut medicines waste
One PCT is using the skills of an ex-trading standards officer to help promote medicines management
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Why practice research is so important
Practice research is important for members of the Faculty of Prescribing and Medicines Management because it forms an important component of personal, professional and faculty development
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