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Pharmacist prescriber project scoops 2013 Pharmaceutical Care Award

A team that explored the impact pharmacist prescribers can have on blood pressure management has been voted the winner of this year’s Pharmaceutical Care Awards...

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  1. Career pathway set for critical care pharmacists

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    Guidance on the practice, skills and experience needed by pharmacists who want to specialise in adult critical care in England has been published by the Department of Health more >

  2. Generics reimbursement scheme finalised

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    The Category M scheme for deciding the NHS reimbursement prices of generic medicines in England and Wales has been fixed for five years and will be supplemented by a scheme using wholesaler's prices more >

  3. Generics-UK settles price-fixing case for £12m

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    Generics UK has agreed to pay £12m to the NHS to bring to an end civil proceedings over the Department of Health's price fixing claim against the company more >

  4. Glastonbury among first to sell chloramphenicol eye drops

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    The Arena Pharmacy at Glastonbury Festival was one of the first pharmacies in the UK to sell chloramphenicol eye drops over the counter last week more >

  5. Poor adherence to aseptic technique in UK hospitals highlighted

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    Nursing staff in UK hospitals are worse than those in Germany or France at following good aseptic techniques when preparing and administering intravenous drugs, according to data collected in 2001-02 more >

  6. £0.5m for drug errors project

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    A research project to measure the prevalence of medication errors in nursing homes has received £505,000 funding from the Patient Safety Research Programme more >

  7. Medicine administration errors reduced by learning package

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    An online learning package, written with the involvement of pharmacists, has resulted in a 30 per cent reduction in medication administration errors among nurses at the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, London more >

  8. Pharmacist prescribing evaluation to begin

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    An evaluation of supplementary prescribing by pharmacists, expected to assess views of patients, doctors and pharmacists, is to be carried out by the University of Sheffield more >

  9. Trusts comply with NPSA potassium chloride alert

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    NHS trusts are adhering to the storage and documentation requirements for potassium chloride concentrate solution specified in the first National Patient Safety Agency alert issued in 2002 more >

  10. Post-admission ward rounds

    2 Jul 05 | 0.00 |

    Preregistration trainees at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have been assimilated to band 5 of Agenda for Change more >


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