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No-deal Brexit could see UK locked out of EU infectious disease surveillance data, chief medical officer warns Subscription
A no-deal Brexit could see the UK lose access to an EU-wide online tracker of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer for England, has told The Pharmaceutical Journal.
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Electronic intervention in GP practices reduces antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections
Integration of antimicrobial stewardship interventions into GP practices reduces antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections, research from King’s College London has found.
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RPS Fellow Raj Aggarwal rises in honorary Royal Navy ranks
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Fellow Raj Aggarwal has been promoted to the rank of honorary commander in the Royal Navy. He is affiliated to HMS Dragon, based in Cardiff.
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IT provider to adjust system after 'ghost branded generics' cost NHS £12m Subscription
A GP IT service provider has said it will change its systems after it was revealed that GPs were able to prescribe “ghost branded generics”, costing the NHS an extra £11.6m per year in reimbursement to community pharmacy.
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Tobacco heating products may not be safer than traditional cigarettes, early stage study finds
Tobacco heating products, also known as ‘heat-not-burn’ products, can be as damaging to lung cell functioning as cigarette smoke, a study published in ERJ Open Research has found.
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Qualified Persons: seven things pharmacists need to know
Carol Candlish and Kina Vyas explain the role of a Qualified Person and how pharmacists in the UK can become one.
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Concern for RPS's cost reimbursement policy Subscription
I write to express my concern about the presumed policy the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has towards reimbursement of locum costs.
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NPA advises pharmacists to dispense medicines even if they receive FMD database alerts Subscription
The National Pharmacy Association has told its members to dispense medicines “even if they return an alert from the Falsified Medicines Directive database” in the early stages of its implementation.
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More than 60 million multicompartment compliance aids given out each year in England Subscription
Exclusive: An estimated 64 million multicompartment compliance aids are given out by community pharmacies each year in England, a new report has shown, as data show rising reported incidences of associated harm.
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Pharmacists advised to check fax numbers after hotel receives patient dispensing tokens Subscription
Pharmacists have been asked to double-check fax numbers used to send medical documents after a hotel group reported receiving dispensing tokens and requests for medication from pharmacies in a personal data breach.
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