Prescribing & Medicines Management
Issue no 4, p1-4
July/August 2003

Further boost to medicines management in DoH vision Pharmacists in England have once more been promised that they may become independent prescribers in a document that reiterates the Government's future plans for the profession...more

New contract for community pharmacists focuses on medicines use Community pharmacists will play a greater role in repeat prescribing and promoting patient concordance under proposals in the new pharmacy contract...more

Essential elements to be included in clinical management plans Details of the clinical management plan that the Government describes as the corner stone of supplementary prescribing have just been revealed...more

Innovative recruitment scheme set to enhance medicines management strategy A hospital trust has introduced a radical recruitment strategy in order to implement a patient-centred service...more

Minor ailment scheme eases GP pressure A community pharmacist who has been offering minor ailment consultations as part of an initiative to take workload pressures off GPs would like to see the scheme incorporated into the new pharmacy contract...more

Medicines waste in Peterborough Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership estimates that medicines waste in the city is costing the NHS around £1m a year after discovering that one community pharmacy collected £2,000 of medicines waste in a month...more

Vaccinations advice Community pharmacists can give advice to customers about recommended vaccinations when traveling abroad and safety tips for swimming in the sea as part of a travel health service pack designed by AAH Pharmaceuticals...more