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Stakeholders discuss the post-2010 future of pharmacy education
21 Nov 08 | 15.16 | England Scotland Wales
Andreas Hasman, policy co-ordinator in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s post-registration division, reports from recent meetings (September/October 2008) hosted by the Society on the future of the profession
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Annual psychiatric pharmacy conference (2008)
21 Nov 08 | 14.26 | England
From sleep disorders and benzodiazepines to alcoholism and acamprosate, Justine Raynsford reports from the 2008 psychiatry pharmacy conference
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Help the public and the planet by engaging in sustainable development
21 Nov 08 | 10.56 | England Scotland Wales
Health improvement and sustainable development are intertwined. Gul Root, principal pharmaceutical officer at the Department of Health, tells how pharmacists can do their bit to reduce carbon footprints, help tackle climate change and so improve the health of future generations
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Steps forward for pharmacy
20 Nov 08 | 18.50 | England Scotland Wales
From next April (2009), healthcare professionals will be able to access NHS Evidence — a web-based service that will help them find high-quality clinical and non-clinical evidence and check out best practice
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Planning the pharmacy workforce: what pharmacists want in their jobs and careers — and what they have got
20 Nov 08 | 18.42 | England Scotland Wales
In the second of five articles on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s pharmacy workforce survey, David Guest, Ali Budjanovcanin and Patricia Oakley explore what pharmacists look for in their jobs and in their careers
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e-Bug to help children
20 Nov 08 | 16.31 | EU
A new EU initiative, “e-Bug”, to teach children about the sensible use of antibiotics was demonstrated as part of the first Europeanantibiotic awareness day on 18 November 2008
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Putting your money where your mouth is
20 Nov 08 | 15.07 | International
Angus Thompson, a pharmacist who recently moved to Tasmania, Australia, proposes that the UK take up the Australian generic medicines strategy
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Essential statistics for the pharmaceutical sciences (Book review)
20 Nov 08 | 14.31 | International
‘Essential statistics for the pharmaceutical sciences’, by Philip Rowe. Pp xviii+287. Price £27.50. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2007. ISBN 978 0 470 034682
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Pharmacists to lead Department of Health’s healthy living focus
20 Nov 08 | 14.04 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Pharmacists will be at the front line of the Department of Health’s new focus on healthy living, said new health minister Phil Hope at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee conference on 17 November 2008
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Pharmacy IT in Wales
20 Nov 08 | 12.55 | Wales
The Welsh Pharmacy Board of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, in conjunction with Community Pharmacy Wales and the primary care informatics programme at the Welsh Assembly Government, has produced a series of fact sheets to raise awareness of developments in information technology in Wales
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