Yes! Minister — the story continues
PDF 50K | PJ
2007;279:684-685 (15 December)
Graham Phillips writes:
By way of counterpoint to my letter entitled “No! Minister”,
let me take up the challenge of surmounting “the perceived
barriers to pharmacists’ greater clinical involvement,
delivery and health involvement” and propose solutions
so “pharmacists can plan, develop and invest with confidence” as
reported in the PJ
Getting ready for HPV vaccination: an excellent opportunity
for pharmacists
PDF 30K | PJ
2007;279:591 (24 November)
The recent announcement by the Department
of Health to introduce routine vaccination, in England and Wales,
against human papilloma virus (HPV) for girls aged 12 to 13 years
from September 2008 brings new opportunity for improving public
health as well as challenges for health professionals and policy
makers
What will pharmacists want from a new professional leadership
body?
PDF 30K | PJ
2007;279:209 (25 August)
There has been much correspondence
in the columns of The Journal over issues arising from
the Government's recent White Paper on health professional regulation.
Representatives from the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, the
Royal Pharm-aceutical Society Hospital Pharmacists Group, the
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association and the College of Pharmacy
Practice met recently to discuss these issues
Pharmacists have a global opportunity to help abolish
tobacco-related harm
PDF 30K | PJ
2007;278:775 (30 June)
The success of NHS community pharmacy
and allied smoking reduction services and policies demands recognition.
Adults smoking in the UK today amount to about 25 per cent, compared
with a figure of 80 per cent among men 50 years ago. With the
ban on smoking in public places and workplaces in England coming
into effect on 1 July 2007, the UK, arguably, now enjoys the
most comprehensive set of tobacco control and smoking reduction
policies and provisions to be found world-wide
Creating a demand for better health by using social marketing
techniques
PDF 50K | PJ
2007;278:776-777 (30 June)
The most significant environmental
change to support people who want to give up smoking is the legislation
to ban smoking in public places. Following Scotland in March
2006, and Wales and Northern Ireland in April 2007, England moves
one step closer to being smoke free on 1 July 2007, when it becomes
illegal to smoke in almost every enclosed public place and workplace
Now that we see what Pandora's box contains, where do
we go from here?
PDF 40K | PJ
2007;278:707-708 (16 June)
In this article, Alan Rogers, of Epsom,
Surrey, reflects on recent developments in health professional
regulation and considers how the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
could approach its future in the light of the Government's demand
that it separate its regulatory and professional functions
|
Why can’t we all just work together?
PDF 50K | PJ
2007;278:611 (26 May)
At a recent meeting on the future of
general practice, Kate Billingham, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer
at the Department of Health, sought to broaden the debate by
proposing that the key to the future of the NHS was to focus
on the thing that brings people together; namely providing patient
care. This struck a chord with the audience
Moving pharmaceutical care closer to home in England — a
role for PhwSIs
PDF 30K | PJ
2007;278:527 (5 May)
What does “care closer to home” really
mean for pharmacists? The 2006 White Paper “Our health,
our care, our say” maps what care closer to home looks
like
There will be a role for everyone in the new world unfolding for
pharmacy
PDF 40K | PJ
2007;278:489-490 (28 April)
Writing in a personal capacity, the
President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Hemant Patel outlines
his vision for the profession's future
Why provision of monitored dosage systems must be made
a core service
PDF 30K | PJ
2007;278:394 (7 April)
Currently, funding for social care
is under the control of each individual local authority social
services department. The framework that exists to govern both
the NHS and the local authority bodies states that it is “not
normally reasonable” to use NHS funds on community care
services but…
Can management training be used to advance pharmacy
practice?
PDF 30K | PJ
2007;278:284 (10 March)
Most pharmacists in the community
are now faced with increased pressures at work due to the burgeoning
demand for new pharmacy services. Permanently employed community
pharmacists and managers are struggling to cope, and the impact
on locum pharmacists is intense
What are cardiac networks and why should pharmacists get
involved?
PDF 70K | PJ
2007;278:250 (3 March)
Pharmacists Helen Williams and Sotiris
Antoniou describe ways in which pharmacists in England can help
to improve the coronary health of patients by getting involved
with one of the 32 local cardiac networks that have been established
in the past seven years
Why joining the FNPP is a must for pharmacists working
with children
PDF 70K | PJ
2007;278:76-77 (20 January)
In early 2006, history was made when
two members of the board of the Faculty of Neonatal and Paediatric
Pharmacy (FNPP) sat down with an associate of the faculty, having
reviewed her portfolio for what should have been a 45-minute
interview. Two hours later they all emerged with a sense of great
achievement and a belief that a precedent had been set for the
future
|
Acrobat
Reader