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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. Question marks (bbbar/Dreamstime.com)

    Question remain about the safety of GLP-1s and DPP-4s

    GLP-1 benefits outweigh pancreatic harm, says MHRA

    12 Jun 13 | 15.16 | England International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Diabetes patients should continue taking incretin-based therapies, despite reports questioning whether the pancreatic damage...

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  2. Baclofen — from standard treatment for spasticity to managing alcoholism

    12 Jun 13 | 13.38 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Baclofen has been used for treating spasticity for many years before losing out to gabapentin. Recently its use in alcoholism has sparked new interest. Jenny Bryan explains

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  3. Explore the science behind pharmacy

    12 Jun 13 | 13.08 | England

    RPS member Mark McAllister shares his experience of a career in industry

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  4. Selling medicines on aeroplanes would bring problems

    11 Jun 13 | 17.18 | International

    Members of the public should not be allowed to purchase medicines on aeroplanes or trains...

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  5. Pharmacists should take lead on Ramadan advice

    11 Jun 13 | 16.28 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Community pharmacists have a key role to play in helping their diabetic patients stay healthy during Ramadan...

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  6. Premature deaths could be tackled by HLP roll out

    11 Jun 13 | 16.05 | England

    Rolling out the healthy living pharmacy (HLP) model across England could help redress the north/south divide...

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  7. RPS headquarters to move to east London

    10 Jun 13 | 14.38 | England Scotland Wales

    Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society will have a new London headquarters within the next two years... more >

  8. Criminal records check reform offers instant updates

    10 Jun 13 | 11.06 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Locum pharmacists are set to benefit from Government reforms to Criminal Records Bureau checks – now known as Disclosure and... more >

  9. Share of £4m up for grabs for patient safety projects

    10 Jun 13 | 11.02 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Pharmacists are being invited to bid for a share of £4m funding from the Health Foundation to support projects that improve... more >

  10. Too many people having unsafe sex, STI rates suggest

    10 Jun 13 | 10.58 | England

    Too many people in England are still having unsafe sex, says Public Health England, after the latest figures reveal that new sexually transmitted... more >


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Do you support plans to regulate e-cigarettes?

E-cigarettes are to be licensed as medicines from 2016 by the MHRA. Vote in this week's PJ Online poll and give us your opinion on the matter.

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