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- Jan 09Pharmacists get the go-ahead to dispense generic drugsThe Department of Health is consulting over plans to increase the dispensing of generic drugs over brands by pharmacists. The proposals could give pharmacists the go-ahead to dispense more generic drug equivalents unless a GP specifically requests a branded drug. The consultation offers several options including having a list of pharmaceuticals that are exempt from generic substitution, or applying generic substitution to a select group of drugs, or leaving current practice as it is.
- Sept/Oct 09A new independent regulator for pharmacyA new independent regulator for pharmacists, pharmacies and pharmacy technicians is to be established in spring next year
- Sept/Oct 09NHS Employers and PSNC begin discussions on new pharmacy services NHS Employers and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) have begun discussions to explore possible changes to the community pharmacy contractual framework.
- July 09New guidance to help primary care trusts develop Pharmaceutical Needs AssessmentsNHS Employers has today released an England-wide guide to help primary care trusts (PCTs) produce "pharmaceutical needs assessments" (PNAs).
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- Nov 08Beacons of excellenceOn Saturday 11th October 2008, people in more than 70 countries around the world took part in a series of events to mark World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. Everybody concerned had the same message - that access to hospice and palliative care must be considered a basic human right.
- Nov 08New National Clinical Director for Community Pharmacy and Primary CareJonathan Mason, Head of Prescribing and Pharmacy at City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust, has been appointed National Clinical Director for Community Pharmacy and Primary Care.
- Aug/SeptEnglish Pharmacy Board follow pharmacy roadmapThe first half of 2008 has seen a series of NHS policy developments that, when implemented, will change the way pharmacists practice in England.
- Aug/SeptAccess to pharmaceutical drugs could cause patient care revolutionLord Darzi’s plans to give patients better access to the latest available pharmaceutical drugs could cause a revolution in patient care, said Dr Richard Barker, Director General of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). “Collectively, the measures announced
- July 08Access to pharmaceutical drugs could cause patient care revolutionLord Darzi’s plans to give patients better access to the latest available pharmaceutical drugs could cause a revolution in patient care.
- February 2008ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH – Fifty years of medical breakthroughsOUR ORIGINS
Action Medical Research was born out of the concern of a father for his daughter. In 1949, 18-month-old Janet Guthrie was diagnosed with polio. Her father, Duncan, was so distressed by Janet’s illness, and appalled by the lack of knowledge about what was a disease of epidemic proportions, that he used the 7s 6d kept in a tobacco tin under the bed to set up a charity. In 1952 the National Fund for Poliomyelitis Research was established.| Displaying page 1 of 2 [1] 2 | Next page > |
