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Appropriate response by the Council
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
I wish to congratulate the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council for re-examining the retention fee structure, listening to members and responding appropriately more >
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Send in the clowns / Early arrivals in the New World detected / Following the guidelines is not so simple / Laugh and fall flat
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Any reference to clowns carries an undercurrent of contempt / There is an account in New Scientist for 9 July of a rather momentous discovery that has caused geoarchaeologists to reconsider the time when humans first made their appearance in Mexico / A review article from two clinical pharmacologists from California, in the New England Journal of Medicine for 4 August, considers some of the problems that arise between patients and doctors when a course of drug treatment is agreed / An interesting case report appears in The Lancet for 30 July. A man aged 63 was investigated when he related a 20-year history of syncope following a burst of intense laughter more >
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Why Birdsgrove House has to close
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
The trustees of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Benevolent Fund have reluctantly decided that Birdsgrove House must close after nearly 60 years as the Society's convalescent home. Andrew Haynes looks at the history of the convalescence service and the background to the closure decision more >
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Helping prisons give most patients responsibility for their own medicines
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Most prisons in England and Wales have a policy whereby patients are responsible for their own medicines, but there has been no standardised framework until now. Hannah Pike examines how new guidelines will help prisons develop good practice more >
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Birdsgrove House forced to close its doors
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Birdsgrove House, the country mansion housing the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's rest and recuperation service and addiction treatment centre, is to close with immediate effect more >
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New guide to help prison services launched
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
New guidance has been published to help prison services in England and Wales implement a policy whereby patients are responsible for their own medicines more >
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Consultation on triptan POM to P switch starts
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Consultation has begun on the reclassification of sumatriptan and zolmitriptan from prescription-only to pharmacy medicines for acute relief of migraine attacks more >
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Volumatic discontinued but do not switch devices, says CSM chairman
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
The Volumatic spacer device is being discontinued but GlaxoSmithKline will continue to supply the AeroChamber Plus spacer device as a replacement, Gordon Duff, chairman of the Committee on Safety of Medicines, announced this week in a letter to health professionals more >
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Pharmacist jailed for fraud
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Defrauding the NHS of £464 has resulted in the jailing of a Yorkshire pharmacist for nine months more >
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More counterfeit Lipitor found in UK
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Counterfeit Lipitor tablets have been found in the UK for the second time more >
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