Archive 13/07/2012 - 20/07/2012

News and Views

"Your voice in Government" online forum launched by RPS - (19/07/2012)

Announcements: Know your numbers! - (19/07/2012)

Antipsychotics use in dementia slashed 52 per cent over three years - (17/07/2012)

APPG launching inquiry into barriers to pharmacy progress - (18/07/2012)

Asthmatic children with low vitamin D show poor corticosteroids response - (20/07/2012)

Biased commissioning outlook needs to change, says Pharmacy Voice - (17/07/2012)

Cancer charity joins forces with pharmacy chain to promote sun awareness - (16/07/2012)

Choose Well iPhone app launched by NHS Wales - (18/07/2012)

Drugs without the hot air: minimising the harms of legal and illegal drugs (Book review) - (17/07/2012)

Fulfilling the professional dream — one young pharmacist’s secrets of success - (17/07/2012)

Glucose control better with prolonged-release form of exenatide - (19/07/2012)

How the RPS is promoting patient safety - (18/07/2012)

Interferon beta does not slow MS progression, data suggest - (18/07/2012)

Many fear to report safety incidents, RPS survey reveals - (20/07/2012)

MPs raise concerns over access to contraception - (16/07/2012)

Our cautionary and advisory labels are in a time warp and due for an overhaul - (18/07/2012)

Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling and simulations (Book review) - (17/07/2012)

Poor monitoring is behind most preventable hospital deaths - (18/07/2012)

Professional matters (21 July 2012) - (18/07/2012)

Pseudoephedrine is a tough product to challenge as a nasal decongestant - (17/07/2012)

Public awareness boost needed for pharmacy, say Welsh Assembly ministers - (17/07/2012)

Review shows benefits of withdrawn sepsis drug Xigris - (20/07/2012)

Revised methadone dispensing fees go under review - (16/07/2012)

Scheme proposed for getting new drugs into NHS faster - (19/07/2012)

Tony West co-opted to hospital seat in RPS English board - (18/07/2012)

Unlicensed medicines for children - (18/07/2012)

Urgent debate called for on imbalance between undergraduate and prereg places - (18/07/2012)

Vitamin B12 might boost response to hep C therapy - (20/07/2012)

Learning & Development

Do community pharmacy counter staff have a public health role? - (17/07/2012)

Blog post

An idiot abroad? - (17/07/2012)

Back to the future - (20/07/2012)

Have I Got Chickenpox For You? - (20/07/2012)

Is coffee good or bad? - (18/07/2012)

It's been a long time - (20/07/2012)

Summer Placement? - (17/07/2012)

The initiation - (16/07/2012)

The night shifts begin - (18/07/2012)

Vitamin D and short-sightedness - (18/07/2012)

Why oysters pack a nutritional punch - (18/07/2012)