Northern Ireland

Hospital recruitment — obtaining and retaining pharmacy staff

21 Oct 08 | 11.32 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

The national vacancy rate in hospital pharmacy is around 10 per cent, according to the NHS Pharmacy Education and Development Committee’s “National NHS hospital pharmacy staffing establishment and vacancy survey 2007”
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NPA to extend clearing house scheme to primary care organisations

17 Oct 08 | 15.43 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

A solution to help primary care organisations (PCOs) pay fees to pharmacies for commissioned chlamydia screening services has been developed by the National Pharmacy Association more >
October 2008 Council meeting

17 Oct 08 | 13.40 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society met in Cardiff on 7 and 8 October 2008
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Dosage adjustment warning issued for injectable Losec preparations

16 Oct 08 | 16.44 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Defective information leaflets have led to the issue of a class 4 drug alert for Losec intravenous injection 40mg and Losec infusion 40mg (omeprazole; AstraZeneca)
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Gaps would emerge in medical education without industry input

16 Oct 08 | 16.36 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

The role of the pharmaceutical industry in medical education was debated at a “Question Time” event held to mark 50 years of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry’s code of practice at the Royal College of Physicians in London on 2 October 2008
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New oral anticoagulant launched

16 Oct 08 | 15.29 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Rivaroxaban (Xarelto), a once-daily, oral anticoagulant, has been launched by Bayer more >
Research into NHS planning given boost

16 Oct 08 | 15.14 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

A £5m programme that will fund research into better ways of planning and providing health services was announced on 14 October 2008 by public health minister Dawn Primarolo
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Trainers development resource

16 Oct 08 | 14.52 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

A professional development framework for pharmacy staff involved in education, training and workforce development has been produced by the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association and the NHS Pharmacy Education and Development Committee
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Daily Mail slates pharmacy

16 Oct 08 | 14.34 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Another “secret shopper” investigation into the quality of clinical advice offered by pharmacy staff has criticised the service more >
NHS trusts circumventing DH’s top-up restrictions

15 Oct 08 | 16.42 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Some 30 NHS trusts across the UK are getting around government restrictions that prevent patients topping up their care and which do not allow the purchase of expensive drugs that have been deemed too costly to be routinely available through the NHS
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