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MUR records failures lead to pharmacist’s two-month suspension
24 May 13 | 10.35 | England Scotland Wales
A failure to keep proper records of medicines use reviews undertaken has led to the suspension of a pharmacist from Register for two months, by order of the fitness-to-practise committee of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
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Four month suspension for pharmacist who failed to inform Registrar of police caution
24 May 13 | 10.32 | England Scotland Wales
A pharmacist who failed to inform the Registrar that he had received a police caution for making false claims has been suspended from the Register for four months, by order of the fitness-to-practise committee of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
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Theft of money from employer leads to pharmacist’s striking-off
24 May 13 | 10.30 | England Scotland Wales
A pharmacist who took money without authority from the pharmacy at which he was employed has had his name struck from the Register by order of the fitness-to-practise committee of the General Pharmaceutical Council.
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Academic Health Science Networks announced
23 May 13 | 16.14 | England
NHS England has today (23 May 2013) confirmed England’s 15 new licensed Academic Health Science Networks — bringing together... more >
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Peter Kopelman appointed as Faculty chairman
23 May 13 | 14.10 | England Scotland Wales
Peter Kopelman, a consultant physician, has been chosen to chair the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Faculty, which will lead on... more >
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Five-days of corticosteroid enough for acute COPD
23 May 13 | 14.01 | International
A five-day course of systemic corticosteroid is enough for most patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease... more >
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NHS accused of incompetence over Tamiflu stockpiling
23 May 13 | 13.53 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
The NHS has been accused of "shocking incompetence" after it wrote off £74m worth of influenza vaccine doses when they became unusable... more >
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BNF updates include TB dose changes
23 May 13 | 13.46 | England Scotland Wales
The doses of rifampicin and ethambutol in the treatment regimen for tuberculosis have been increased in this month’s BNF... more >
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NHS managers rate quality of NHS leadership as poor
23 May 13 | 13.31 | England
Forty per cent of NHS trust managers and clinical leaders think the quality of leadership in the health service overall is poor or very poor... more >
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EMA recommends measures to minimise Dianette’s risks
23 May 13 | 13.25 | EU
Benefits of Dianette (cyproterone acetate 2mg, ethinylestradiol 35micrograms) and its generics outweigh the risks... more >
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