Leading Articles 554 |
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Business as usual 554
Although the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has currently to focus much of its attention on the establishment of the General Pharmaceutical Council and the emergence of a new professional body (see “Plans for new professional body pick up pace” distributed with this issue of The Journal), there are issues of evolving pharmacy practice that it must continue to consider
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Don’t say “don’t” to patients 554
How do pharmacists persuade patients that a treatment is of benefit, or that a change in lifestyle will pay dividends for their health in the long term?
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News summary 555-560
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Lead stories
-Society sets out next steps for professional body
-First pharmacists with special interests accredited in anticoagulation
-Clinical assessment service to extend function to poorly performing
NHS pharmacists
-Users say summary care record is “too complex”
-Judicial review ruling could slow NICE appraisals
-Views sought on dismantling blister packs in advance
-Trial hints at improved safety for novel psoriasis drug
-Cilostazol as effective as aspirin
Information prescriptions marking time 561
The Government plans to have information prescriptions up and running in England fully during 2008. Matthew Wright looks at the direction of travel and considers how pharmacists might deliver information in partnership with NHS Direct
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Primarolo defends speed at which White Paper plans to be implemented 562
Informal consultation on proposals in the recent pharmacy White Paper started with the first in a series of “listening events” held in London last week. Dawn Connelly attended the event to find out what was discussed
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Products 563 |
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Products 563
-Prescription products
-Products miscellany
-Supply issues
-Discontinued products
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Medical device alert 563
-Trulife walking frames
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Announcements 563
-Pharmacy doctorates
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Broad Spectrum 564 |
The case for a combined impact assessment into polyclinics: act now! 564
By Jill Jesson and Neil de Reybekill
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Letters 565-569 |
-New professional body
-Council election
-Trimethoprim
-Restricted title
-Addiction
-Medicines use reviews
-English Pharmacy Board
-Epilepsy
-Euthanasia
-Public relations
-The Society
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Interview 570 |
Turk talks White Paper and NPA plans 570
John Turk, the new chief executive of the National Pharmacy Association, talks to Dawn Connelly about the opportunities and challenges within England’s pharmacy White Paper and his plans for the NPA
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Interprofessional education: preparing future pharmacists for 2020 571-572
Neena Lakhani and Elizabeth Anderson describe the involvement of Leicester pharmacy students in a programme of inter-professional learning that aims to improve the effectiveness of team working between health and social care professionals and thus the quality of patient care
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Meetings 573 |
Reports index
Pharmacy Practice Research Trust
Selling public health: tricks of the trade 573
A lecture on engaging the public to achieve lifestyle change was organised by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust last week. Harriet Adcock reports
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Merlin 574 |
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 Dangerous toys for boys 574
One of Merlin’s most treasured memories of childhood
is the water-bomb. Originally, these consisted of a brown paper bag, two-thirds
filled with water and the top screwed closed, which was then hurled as far as
possible, to burst with a most satisfying splash on the roadway or pavement.
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They know who you are 574
The gathering of vast demographic databases has been proceeding for some years. All manner of data are collected constantly. Use a debit card to pay for supermarket bill or order goods from a mail order company, and the companies will quickly build up a picture of what you buy and when. Link this information to your postcode, and a profile of people who live in that postcode will soon emerge
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Importance of publishing negative results 574
Knowing that something does not work, or does not do that which it might reasonably be expected to do, can be every bit as important as a “significant” positive result. However, do journals deliberately exclude negative results? In addition, do researchers deliberately suppress negative results and not submit them for publication, for fear that they might indicate poor science, or a poor researcher?
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The moon and health 574
Popular opinion holds that the moon has an effect on the human body. Some people believe that this is related to a kind of tidal effect on the fluids of which the human body is composed, and many are the supposed effects of this
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Welsh Pharmacy Board takes steps to ensure a cohesive response to NHS structure consultation 575
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Disciplinary Committee Reports
Striking-off follows jail for cocaine conspiracy 575
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Striking-off for wrong prescription endorsements 576
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MEP page
May 2008 amendments 576
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Official notices 2001
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Annual general meeting 577
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Erasures from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee 577
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Disciplinary Committee 577
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Obituaries & tributes 577
Obituaries
-Layer
-Parness
-Refson
Tribute
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My career 580 |
Careers
 Pharmacist with a portfolio career 580
Pharmacists can contribute in an enormous variety of roles, which can take them to many different parts of the world, says Malcolm Brown
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Branch meetings 578-579
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Society meetings 578-579
-Pharmacogenetics in context (4 June)
-Combating counterfeit medicines (12 June)
-Ophthalmic drug delivery (30 June)
-Scottish Pharmacy Board roadshows (May/June)
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Future events 563
-HIVPA study day (13 May)
-PDIG symposium (5 June)
-BOPA study day (11 June)
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