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SPC changes, Prescription products, Counter products, Discontinued products, Products miscellany (1 November 2008)
31 Oct 08 | 11.36 | England Scotland Wales
SPC changes: Dolmatil
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Prescription medicines: Vectibix
Counter products: Cymex Ultra
Discontinued products: Burinex A; Graneodin ointment; Navoban
Products miscellany: Neuropad -
Asthma
30 Oct 08 | 17.55 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
A new resource on the management of asthma in primary care is available
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Responsible pharmacist regulations laid before parliament
30 Oct 08 | 17.30 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Regulations governing the role of the responsible pharmacist were laid before Parliament yesterday (29 October 2008) and come into force on 1 October 2009 more >
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Standards agreed for patient information on admission
30 Oct 08 | 16.53 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Standards for what patient information should be recorded during hospital admission, handover and discharge have been developed by the Royal College of Physicians, in partnership with NHS Connecting for Health
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More than half of users obtain emergency hormonal contraception from pharmacies
30 Oct 08 | 16.38 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
More than half of women who report using emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) obtain it direct from a pharmacy, new figures from the NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care indicate
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GSK prescription-only medicines
30 Oct 08 | 16.15 | England Scotland Wales
From 1 November 2008 GlaxoSmithKline prescription-only medicines will only be available from AAH Pharmaceuticals and UniChem
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Fuel surcharge
30 Oct 08 | 16.12 | England Scotland Wales
From 1 November 2008, AAH Pharmaceuticals will lower its monthly fuel surcharge from £14 to £10 more >
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Trusts must comply with latest guidance on intrathecal chemotherapy by end of year
30 Oct 08 | 16.05 | England Scotland Wales
Trusts have until 31 December 2008 to implement the latest guidance on use of intrathecal chemo-therapy, which was issued in August 2008, and they must confirm their compliance by 30 January 2009, participants were told at the British Oncology Pharmacy Association’s annual symposium, held in Liverpool from 17 to 19 October
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Cancer tsar calls for better data collection to improve service quality and patient outcomes
30 Oct 08 | 16.00 | England Scotland Wales
Not enough is known about national cancer services and without better data it will remain difficult to improve patients’ quality of care, said Mike Richards, national cancer services director, at the annual symposium of the British Oncology Pharmacy Association held in Liverpool from 17 to 19 October 2008
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AAH changes discount terms for medicines ordered direct
30 Oct 08 | 15.41 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Wholesaler AAH announced yesterday (29 October 2008) that it will apply normal rates of discount to qualifying ethical medicines when a pharmacy orders direct from a manufacturer rather than through AAH. The change, which does not apply to special order products not stocked by AAH, came into effect immediately more >
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