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Applying the KSF to general level pharmacists

Mon, 30/04/2007 - 23:00 — Site Administrator
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By Alison Eggleton, MRPharmS, Brit Cadman, MRPharmS, Helen Howe, FRPharmS, and Denise Farmer, MRPharmS

Alison Eggleton is principal pharmacist (education and training)

Brit Cadman is principal pharmacist (clinical services) and

Helen Howe is chief pharmacist, all at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.

Pharmacy in Singapore — comparing experiences in the UK and Asia

Thu, 01/03/2007 - 00:00 — Site Administrator
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After four years of working as a clinical pharmacist at a teaching hospital in London, Victoria Coleman left the UK to work in Singapore. In this article she describes the Singaporean health system, the requirements for registering as a pharmacist and her experiences of working in the intensive care unit of the National Heart Centre in Singapore

Victoria Coleman is clinical pharmacist, intensive care, at Singapore General Hospital. She can be contacted at colemanvicky@hotmail.com

Victoria Coleman

Helping to treat a global problem – as a paediatric HIV pharmacist

Thu, 01/02/2007 - 00:00 — Site Administrator
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More than 1,000 children in the UK are infected with HIV. This article describes the contributions of a paediatric HIV pharmacist in caring for these patients

Deepak Patel is specialist paediatric HIV pharmacist at St Mary’s Hospital, London

Hospital in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

BPC is the place to be

Mon, 01/01/2007 - 00:00 — Site Administrator
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As I was registering at the British Pharmaceutical Conference 2006, the first thought that passed through my mind was 'what am I doing here?' I felt intimidated by the people around me; there were people whose names I recognised from textbooks and The Pharmaceutical Journal, important-looking people I had never heard of and quite a few of my lecturers

Jodie Taylor is a third-year student at the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff

From the editor

Mon, 01/01/2007 - 00:00 — Site Administrator
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Welcome to the new look 2007 edition of Tomorrow's Pharmacist. It is my second year in the editor's seat and I have tried hard to bring you a new set of interesting and useful articles related to studying and working in pharmacy

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work



Aristotle

Greek philosopher (384–322 BC)

Raising fraud awareness in the NHS

Mon, 01/01/2007 - 00:00 — Site Administrator
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When you are a pharmacist you may be handling paperwork that will enable you to make financial claims from the NHS. Most pharmacists are honest, but there is a small minority who try to defraud the NHS of its valuable resources. Ahmer Kunwar describes how fraud is being tackled in the NHS and how you can help

Ahmer Kunwar is internal and external communications manager at the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service in London

• Reporting NHS fraud

Entering a new era

Mon, 01/01/2007 - 00:00 — Site Administrator
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Pharmacy students entering their preregistration year do so at a time of unprecedented change and opportunity for the profession. Pharmacists today have a major role to play in helping the Government improve public access to health care, to help people stay well and out of hospital and for patients to treat their conditions at home

Hemant Patel is President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Hemant Patel

Hemant Patel

Making sense of the MHRA

Mon, 01/01/2007 - 00:00 — Site Administrator
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Nesta Thomas takes a look at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and explains what it is really all about

Nesta Thomas works as a locum pharmacist in London

British Pharmaceutical Students' Association

Mon, 01/01/2007 - 00:00 — Site Administrator
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Founded in 1942, the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association has just entered its 40th year of official recognition by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. It is the only national body that represents pharmacy students and preregistration trainees. Jennifer de Val, explains what the BPSA offers

Jennifer de Val is president of the BPSA

British Pharmaceutical Students' Association

For more information about the BPSA, visit our website at www.bpsa.com

Eating well on a student budget

Mon, 01/01/2007 - 00:00 — Site Administrator
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When you are at university, it may be the first time in your life that you have lived away from home and had to look after yourself. Among the many challenges and excitements of student life, it is important to make food and healthy eating a high priority. Recent research has found that students, on average, put on 15 pounds of weight during their first year at university

Pamela Mason is a freelance pharmaceutical journalist based in Wales

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