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Written by Graham Lavender
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After working as a community pharmacist for many years, I was asked by the local GPs o join them as a practice pharmacist in 1995. It then seemed a logical step to take the supplementary prescribing course when it became available, to develop my clinical role further. |
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Written by Roger King
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Until fairly recently, I was unaware of the true incidence of osteoporosis in the community and the devastating effect it can have on the lives of sufferers. Like many pharmacists I was aware only of the condition through dispensing bisphosphonates and calcium. |
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Written by Claire Jones
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Before the 2005–06 primary care trust (PCT) reconfiguration exercise, nearly two-thirds of PCTs had pharmacists appointed to their PCT Executive Committees (PECs). |
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Written by Claire Jones
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When the new pharmacy contract was introduced in April 2005 the previous arrangements for community pharmacists providing Advice to Care Homes ceased. Primary care trusts now have the choice of commissioning enhanced community pharmacy services to care homes (particularly under enhanced service EN5 – see below). |
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Written by Dinesh Jivanji
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Diabetes mellitus describes a complex, heterogenous group of metabolic disorders that is a major source of ill health. Recent figures from the Quality and Outcomes Framework reveal that the UK now has more than 2 million people with diabetes, representing over 3 per cent of the population. Of these, about 250,000 have type 1 diabetes and over 1.8 million have type 2. |
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Written by Stephen Kreitzman PhD RNut (UK registered nutritionist) and Valerie Beeson, Howard Foundation Resear
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Weight loss has been advocated as an adjunct to treatment for patients with conditions such as diabetes type 2, hypertension, osteo-arthritis and a catalogue of other disabilities. |
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Written by Jane Holland
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The health trainer scheme was first mentioned in the Government’s 2004 public health White Paper Choosing Health. The broad definition in the paper stated that health trainers “will be drawn from local communities and will offer practical advice and good connections in the services and support available locally. |
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Written by Michael Guerin
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Making it Better... A Strategy for Pharmacy in the Community was published in February 2004 and is the main policy document for community pharmacy in Northern Ireland. It sets out the contractual framework that underpins the strategy. |
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Written by GlaxoSmithKline
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Cold sores, also known as herpes labialis, affect approximately one in three people at some time in their life.1,2 The sores can appear unsightly and can even be disfiguring. There is also a certain social stigma attached and sufferers may feel self-conscious and embarrassed. |
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Written by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
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An allergy is an adverse reaction by the body’s immune system to contact with a substance that is harmless for most people. |
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Written by Stephen Fishwick
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2005 was the year that “the Government’s modernisation agenda finally caught up with community pharmacy.”[1] The sector had long claimed that it was capable of expanding its professional role to become a more key component of primary care. |
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Written by Steve Bremer
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Pharmacists are not carrying out enough medicines use reviews (MURs). This article looks at the barriers to uptake and the importance of making the advanced service a success. |
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Welcome to Pharmacy Business and Practice 2007. This is the 14th edition of this annual publication and I am confident that this edition will be as valuable to you as others have been..