Prescribing & Medicines Management
Issue no 5
September/October 2003
ISSN 1474-192X

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What pharmacist prescribers can learn from those who have gone before
Pharmacists currently undertaking supplementary prescribing training can learn a great deal from the experiences of health professionals who have gone before them. Olivia Timbs reports from the British Pharmaceutical Conference held in Harrogate in September
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Services in community pharmacy
Now that the Community Pharmacy Medicines Management Project is up and running, Helen Rhodes, describes progress to date
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Technician support puts PCT ahead
When GPs understand the broad benefits of medicines management they are likely to take note. Debbie Andalo meets a technician who is providing that input
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Making methotrexate provision safer
One primary care trust has adopted a new way to provide methotrexate in an effort to increase patient safety. Naomi Kempner reports
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What tricks and techniques can be used to influence prescribing?
Part of medicines management is influencing GPs and other health care professionals to change their prescribing habits. Can some tricks be learnt from the pharmaceutical industry to improve pharmacists' influencing skills? Christopher Cutts and Adam LaCaze explore the possibilities
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How to approach risk management
At the end of May members of the Faculty of Prescribing and Medicines Management (FPMM) held their annual conference to hear about risk management and patient safety. Rosalind Grant reports on the meeting, in the light of the fact that the national reporting and learning system is due to be launched by the National Patient Safety Agency in November
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