Issue : The Pharmaceutical Journal, January 2018, Vol 300, No 7909
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Revalidation: support and implementation Subscription
This is the second in a series of in-depth articles The Pharmaceutical Journal is running on revalidation. In December 2017, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) formally approved the framework for revalidation and agreed a timetable for its implementation. Pharmacy professionals will be required to submit various pieces of work, and make declarations to illustrate that they are keeping their skills up to date. In this article, we talk to the GPhC to find out how revalidation ...
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Reforming regulation: General Pharmaceutical Council responds to consultation Subscription
On 23 January 2018, the Department of Health closed its consultation on reforming the way that health professionals across the UK are regulated
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Drinking alcohol increases cancer risk Subscription
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of developing cancer, yet only 13% of adults are aware of the link.
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The evidence for community pharmacy
Drug researchers continue to investigate the efficacy of medicines long after they hit the market, so why should NHS services delivered in community pharmacy be any different?
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Stop-smoking services from community pharmacists cut by a fifth of local authorities in past three years
A freedom of information request from The Pharmaceutical Journal revealed that almost a fifth of local authorities in England decommissioned community pharmacy-led smoking cessation services in the past three years
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Full pharmacist access to records is the key to better patient care Subscription
Every four seconds a health or care professional in England accesses an NHS patient’s summary care record
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Access to patient records: Britain lags behind other countries Subscription
Pharmacy organisations in Britain have been campaigning for all pharmacists to have read-write access to the full patient record for over a decade. Although some progress has been made, particularly during 2017, the prospect of a shared patient record in Britain is still several years away. However, pharmacists within other European countries, and further afield, have been benefiting from access to patient records for years.
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Deaths: Karen Christina Pitchford Subscription
On 13 January 2018, Karen Christina Pitchford MRPharmS, aged 48, of Leicester. Mrs Pitchford registered with the Society in 1993.
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Tribute: Karen Christina Pitchford Subscription
I am so dismayed to hear that Karen, my valued and delightful academic colleague and personal friend, has passed away so suddenly.
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17 years of fighting for pharmacy Subscription
After 17 years at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, chief executive Sue Sharpe will be leaving her position at the end of May 2018.
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