Medicines

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6 September 2005

Stigma? What stigma?

Jim Thomson, chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, strongly argues for greater regulations on online pharmacies and the
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6 September 2005

Record-keeping weakest link in QoF scores

The worst performing indicator group in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) last year was records and information, according to
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27 July 2005

Call for drug ad ban in Australian prescribing software

A survey of drug advertisements in prescribing software used by Australian doctors found the vast majority of the advertisements broke
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26 July 2005

Software for Scottish minor ailments service launched

Software to support the first phase of Scotland’s e-pharmacy plans has begun to be used by a pharmacy to run
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29 June 2005

Electronic medication reminders help elderly

  PCTs in Staffordshire have started piloting a scheme where elderly people are reminded to take their medication with an
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31 May 2005

Pharma firms offered internet chat tracking

A service which tracks consumer chat about medicines on the internet is being offered to pharmaceutical companies and drug regulators
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4 March 2005

Free software for dentists estimates tooth decay risk

A researcher at a university in southern Sweden has developed a free piece of software that can calculate the risk
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28 February 2005

First ETP pilot goes live under the national programme

Ling House Medical Centre and Co-operative Group Pharmacy in Keighley, West Yorkshire, have become the sites to use Electronic Transmission
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18 January 2005

MHRA to let patients report side-effects online

The DH have implemented changes to the way that adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are reported and publicised, including allowing patients
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19 August 2004

Pharmacies may soon open online, says DH

The Department of Health have announced that solely internet-based pharmacies may soon be allowed to open in the UK and
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