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Education and training — a professional development framework
Wed, 30/04/2008 - 23:00 — Site Administrator
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Helen Middleton is continuing professional development manager at London Pharmacy Education and Training (LPE&T)
Susan Sanders is director of LPE&T
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A professional development framework, for the benefit of the pharmacy workforce with roles in education, training and workforce development, will be launched this month. This article describes the rationale for developing the framework and its use in practice
A career as ... a domiciliary pharmacist
Mon, 31/03/2008 - 23:00 — Site AdministratorRestricted content
Sara Dilks and Ian Nash are domiciliary pharmacists in Devon PCT-Exeter area
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A new model of multidisciplinary team working with health and social care is being developed in Exeter, with domiciliary pharmacists included in the team. This article describes how a former hospital pharmacist and community pharmacist have worked with the local NHS trust to develop the service
From the editor
Sat, 01/03/2008 - 00:00 — Site AdministratorRestricted content
This edition of Tomorrow’s Pharmacist is my last — I am taking my final bow as editor. I have had an enjoyable run over the past three years and this edition, our biggest yet, is a great one to go out on — a fitting finale. Again I have tried to keep the content appealing as well as informative. I hope some of the articles will inspire you to follow
Synopsis:
Tomorrow's Pharmacist is a guide for students and preregistration trainees
Welcome (Tomorrow's Pharmacist 2008)
Sat, 01/03/2008 - 00:00 — Site AdministratorRestricted content
Jeremy Holmes
Chief Executive and Registrar, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain
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A welcome from the Chief Executive and Registrar (Jeremy Holmes) and President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Hemant Patel)
British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Tomorrorw's Pharmacist 2008)
Sat, 01/03/2008 - 00:00 — Site AdministratorRestricted content
Heena Bhakta is president of the BPSA
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The British Pharmaceutical Students' Association has just entered its 66th year and is the official students' branch of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. It is the only national body that represents pharmacy students and preregistration trainees. Heena Bhakta explains what the BPSA has to offer
A career as … — a psychiatric liaison pharmacist
Sat, 01/03/2008 - 00:00 — Site AdministratorRestricted content
Azizah Attard is senior psychiatric liaison pharmacist
Duncan McRobbie is associate chief pharmacist
Tony West is chief pharmacist at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
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Specialist mental health pharmacy services are rarely developed within acute medical trusts. This can create a service gap if mental health service users are admitted to acute hospitals. This article describes a role created by two London trusts to fill the gap
Diverse roles in community pharmacy
Sat, 01/03/2008 - 00:00 — Site AdministratorRestricted content
Michael Holden
MRPharmS
2005 to date Chief officer of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Local
Pharmaceutical Committee
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A career in community pharmacy has provided opportunities to balance the needs of profession and family, says Michael Holden
Applying the KSF to advanced level pharmacists
Fri, 01/02/2008 - 00:00 — Site AdministratorRestricted content
Understanding the KSF process can help pharmacists complete their CPD
Alison Eggleton is principal pharmacist (education and training)
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The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework should be linked to competence frameworks for different levels of staff. This article describes how a team in Cambridge have linked the KSF to the competence framework for advanced level practitioners
Working in mental health pharmacy
Sat, 26/01/2008 - 00:00 — Site AdministratorRestricted content
Wendy Davies' CV
BPharm, MRPharmS, DipClinPharm
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Pharmacists can help patients with mental health problems to turn their lives around, says Wendy Davies
Proactive risk reduction — by a gastroenterology pharmacist
Tue, 01/01/2008 - 00:00 — Site AdministratorRestricted content
Joyeta Das is a specialist hepatology pharmacist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Katy Morris is principal pharmacist, high risk medicines monitoring and education and training at Barts and the London NHS Trust
Synopsis:
Patients who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease are often prescribed high risk, immunosuppressant medicines. This article describes a pharmacy-led service to help reduce the risk associated with these drugs and improve patient safety