Archive 27/07/2012 - 03/08/2012

News and Views

A step in the right direction - (03/08/2012)

Accountable officers must be alerted to CD safety incidents - (31/07/2012)

Announcements: Keele University - (01/08/2012)

Antidepressants prescribing continues to rise in England - (01/08/2012)

Approval of prescribers to use EPS release 2 resumes - (02/08/2012)

Clarity needed on some aspects of new market entry rules - (30/07/2012)

Contentious off-label Avastin policy revoked by PCT cluster - (01/08/2012)

How will the new Human Medicines Regulations affect your practice? - (03/08/2012)

Latest MEP includes sections on social media and counselling patients - (01/08/2012)

Managed repeat schemes earn NHS Scotland disapproval - (01/08/2012)

Nasal flu vaccine increases acceptability - (30/07/2012)

National Early Warning Score aims to standardise patient monitoring - (31/07/2012)

New dose restriction for intravenous ondansetron - (03/08/2012)

New medicines service boosts ADR reports - (02/08/2012)

Older patients with sight problems need more help with their medicines - (30/07/2012)

Pharmacy students want guidelines on Facebook and online professionalism - (01/08/2012)

Plan for school of pharmacy at Lincoln university - (02/08/2012)

Positive effect of new medicine service on community yellow card reporting - (01/08/2012)

Proposed indicators of good quality commissioning set out by NICE - (03/08/2012)

Providing false feedback leads to pharmacist's four-month suspension - (02/08/2012)

Remington on MedicinesComplete - (01/08/2012)

Shingles vaccination for all 70–79 year olds looking more likely - (30/07/2012)

Society weighing up options for Lambeth headquarters - (01/08/2012)

South London Healthcare NHS Trust goes into administration - (01/08/2012)

Strategy set out for improving children’s healthcare - (02/08/2012)

Student trends may have implications for the future of the profession - (01/08/2012)

Supermarkets opposed 100-hour abolition, report reveals - (02/08/2012)

Ton Hoek, FIP chief executive, dies - (02/08/2012)

Use and efficacy of herbal medicines: Part 1 — historical and traditional use - (01/08/2012)

Varenicline not associated with increased cardiovascular events - (03/08/2012)

Learning & Development

Awards: Health Foundation - (01/08/2012)

Students want more guidelines on Facebook and online professionalism - (01/08/2012)

Practice advice

Let’s recap on calcium channel blockers for hypertension - (30/07/2012)

Question from practice: Can you help with tattoo aftercare? - (30/07/2012)

Blog post

Back-to-back (Hospital summer placement) part 1 - (28/07/2012)

Breathe in! - (03/08/2012)

Consciously incompetent - (30/07/2012)

Ethical challenges in the pharmacy - (31/07/2012)

Medal for great science - (01/08/2012)

No longer a student, not yet a pre-reg pharmacist - (30/07/2012)

PJ Internship - (03/08/2012)

Print day! - (03/08/2012)

Print your own drugs - (01/08/2012)

Reflections of an Olympics Pharmacy Games Maker - The Games in Action - (31/07/2012)

Strange physics puzzle - (01/08/2012)

The Pharmaceutical Olympics - (30/07/2012)

Why gauche Olympians may succeed - (01/08/2012)