Community

Information Rx final report

18 Sep 08 | 11.09 | England

A final report on the evaluation of the Department of Health’s information prescription pilot programme in England was published last week
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More NHS/academic partners

18 Sep 08 | 11.07 | England

The universities of Nottingham and Cambridge are to work with local NHS organisations as part of the Department of Health’s National Institute for Health Research “Collaborations for health research and care” programme
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Phoenix expands in London area

18 Sep 08 | 11.04 | England Northern Ireland

Phoenix has announced plans to expand its operations in the London area
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PJ letters (20 September 2008)

17 Sep 08 | 16.53 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Letters published in the 20 September 2008 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal
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NHS flu vaccination service on the cards in Scotland

17 Sep 08 | 15.31 | Scotland

Community pharmacies in Scotland are to be evaluated as sites to provide influenza vaccination, with pilots set up before the 2009–10 flu season
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Pharmacy bodies welcome cost-of-service review

17 Sep 08 | 15.30 | England Wales

The need for future stability of funding for community pharmacy contractors has been highlighted by pharmacy bodies in response to last week’s 2008–09 funding announcement
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Asthma MUR project could change consent criteria

16 Sep 08 | 16.22 | England

Pharmacists are piloting medicines use reviews (MURs) in children with asthma in a unique project which they hope will improve the children’s management of the condition but also have far-reaching consequences for the development of MURs nationally
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Walk-in access to services in pharmacy pilot

16 Sep 08 | 16.16 | Scotland

Scottish health minister Nicola Sturgeon has launched a pilot project that uses community pharmacies to provide walk-in access to health services
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Patients no more satisfied with new oxygen service

15 Sep 08 | 15.46 | England Wales

Patient satisfaction levels with the home delivery oxygen service have stayed the same since it was taken away from community pharmacists in England and Wales and transferred to a regional network of private providers, although the costs of running the service have soared
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PJ letters (13 September 2008)

12 Sep 08 | 23.30 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Letters published in the 13 September 2008 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal
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