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New deputy registrar shares her vision

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A month after Wendy Harris took up the post of deputy registrar at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, she talks to Dawn Connelly about her immediate objectives and how she plans to achieve them, as well as her vision for the General Pharmaceutical Council

 

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A month after Wendy Harris took up the post of deputy registrar at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, she talks to Dawn Connelly about her immediate objectives and how she plans to achieve them, as well as her vision for the General Pharmaceutical Council

How does the NHS view pharmacists

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Clare Bellingham asks Ian Mullen, the chairman of an NHS board in Scotland, what the NHS thinks of pharmacy

CBE for Peter Noyce for service to healthcare

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Peter Noyce, professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Manchester’s school of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, has been awarded a CBE forPeter Noyce CBE: Peter Noyce: a team effort his services to healthcare in this year’s list of the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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Peter Noyce, professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Manchester’s school of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, has been awarded a CBE for his services to healthcare in this year’s list of the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Steve Churton promises tangible outputs while President of the Society

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Steve Churton appears to be a people person. His immediate priority, he says, is “to understand the people issues”. With fewer than 400 working days until the doors of the new professional body are due to open, this will be no mean feat for the newly elected President of thSteve Churtone Royal

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In his first interview with The Journal since being elected President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Steve Churton spoke to Hannah Pike

Colette McCreedy’s thoughts on Europe

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The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union — which champions community pharmacy in Europe — recently issued a policy statement on pharmacy’s role in improving patient adherence to medicines. Colette McCreedy from the National Pharmacy Association spoke to Matthew Wright about her work with the PGEU, before the document’s launch

 

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The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union — which champions community pharmacy in Europe — recently issued a policy statement on pharmacy’s role in improving patient adherence to medicines. Colette McCreedy from the National Pharmacy Association spoke to Matthew Wright about her work with the PGEU, before the document’s launch

Hemant Patel reflects on his presidency

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Hemant PatelAs President Hemant Patel prepares to retire after 15 years on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council, he seems genuinely emotional at the prospect. However, he is confident that the groundwork has been laid for a successful professional leadership body to emerge.

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Dawn Connelly talks to Hemant Patel, who retires as President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society next week, about his hopes for the future and his reflections on the past 15 years on the Council, including four terms as President

Government in Wales is persuaded that pharmacy should play key role

icon indicating content is locked downRestricted contentLast week, the Welsh Assembly Government demonstrated its determination that community pharmacy should play a key role in chronic conditions management (PJ, 23 February 2008, p203). That did not come about by chance, Paul Gimson, chief executive of Community Pharmacy Wales, pointed
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As Wales continues to develop expanded roles for community pharmacists, Tom Moberley talks to Paul Gimson, the new chief executive of Community Pharmacy Wales, about the opportunities and challenges of his new role and his hopes for the future

PSNC's challenge: to ensure potential of community pharmacy is recognised

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Ensuring community pharmacy's full potential is recognised is one of the biggest challenges facing pharmacy's negotiating body in England and is something that Christopher Hodges, the new chairman of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, wants to achieve more than anything else.

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Ensuring community pharmacy's full potential is recognised is one of the biggest challenges facing pharmacy's negotiating body in England and is something that Christopher Hodges, the new chairman of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, wants to achieve more than anything else

Heart failure patients gain from charity

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Anna Hodgkinson

Anna Hodgkinson finds working in a multidisciplinary team particularly rewarding

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Heart failure patients gain from charity Anna Hodgkinson is the UK's first British Heart Foundation heart failure pharmacist working in primary care. Matthew Wright finds out about her role

Four years’ experience of providing a PCT-wide minor ailments scheme

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In December 2003, Nottingham City Primary Care Trust began its Pharmacy First minor ailments scheme. Tom Moberly(on the staff of The Journal) reports on experiences of running the scheme and on how the service has expanded and developed over the four years it has been in place