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Fife pharmacists run blood pressure checks
12 Sep 08 | 14.11 | Scotland
Community pharmacists in Fife took part in the annual “Know your numbers” blood pressure awareness campaign more >
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Survey shows people like the home oxygen service
12 Sep 08 | 14.06 | England Wales
Most patients (95 per cent) in England and Wales are happy with the service they receive from the home oxygen service more >
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Scotland's MAS not intended for all patients
12 Sep 08 | 14.03 | Scotland
Scotland's minor ailment service (MAS) was never intended to be available for the entire population more >
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Premises fee 2009
12 Sep 08 | 13.18 | England Scotland Wales
The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society noted a letter sent to the Department of Health on 2009 premises fees during the September 2008 Council meeting
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October 2008 Council meeting to be held in Cardiff
12 Sep 08 | 13.15 | Wales
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council agreed, at the September 2008 Council meeting, to hold its October meeting in Cardiff
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Council agrees to the establishment of a new Policy and Communications Forum
12 Sep 08 | 13.11 | England Scotland Wales
A new Policy and Communications Forum is to be set up by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the Council agreed at the September 2008 Council meeting. The forum will replace the National Pharmacy Boards Liaison Group and the Public Affairs Planning Group
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Practising pharmacists on low incomes to benefit from lower Society retention fee, Council agrees
12 Sep 08 | 13.07 | England Scotland Wales
Practising members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society who earn under £16,500 per annum will see a reduction in their retention fees for 2009. The Council reached its decision at the September 2008 Council meeting after a lengthy debate
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Perceptions of medicines use reviews — the views of community pharmacists within a West York
12 Sep 08 | 11.47 | England
AIM: To explore community pharmacists’ experiences of conducting medicine use reviews (MURs), including how this affects their relationship with GPs and the extent to which training and accreditation prepared them for this work
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Community pharmacists should stand up and be professional men, not mice
12 Sep 08 | 11.23 | England Scotland Wales
Community pharmacists are members of the society in which they live and work: it is reasonable that they conform to the laws and rules of that community. However practitioners are frequently presented with conflicts between the various laws and rules which govern practice as well as their personal moral, ethical and religious beliefs. Such conflicts are the dilemmas of everyday practice which often require instant solutions
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Lancashire pharmacists are rising to the “Leading across boundaries” challenge
12 Sep 08 | 11.03 | England
In this article, Anne Adams and Liz Stafford describe the development of an obesity care pathway in central Lancashire as part of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s “Leading across boundaries” programme
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