Commenting on the World Health Organisation’s decision to raise its global pandemic alert level to Phase 6 due to the global spread of the novel H1N1 influenza strain, Acting Director General Michael D. Boyd of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), of which the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) is a member, said: “Our members are better prepared than ever to face a pandemic influenza threat.
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is concerned that from today, only pharmacists working in the NHS or hospitals will be on the shortage occupation list, which permits non-EU pharmacists and pre-registration trainees to get work visas. In September last year the UK Borders Agency Migration Advisory Committee recommended that community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians were on the list of shortage occupations, but in May it agreed to remove them.
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) welcomes the signs of good progress in establishing a new regulator and professional leadership body after the Department of Health published the draft Pharmacy Order 2009 consultation report today. The Department ran the consultation jointly with the Scottish Government from December 2008 until March this year.
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The 150th anniversary of the death of Jacob Bell, founder of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, was remembered on Friday 12 June at a ceremony at his memorial in Woodbury Park Cemetery, Royal Tunbridge Wells.
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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has named Fela Viso-Gurovich, Ph.D., an honorary member of the Society for her pioneering work in the development of hospital pharmacy in Mexico. Dr. Viso-Gurovich received the honor during ASHP’s Summer Meeting in Rosemont, Ill. Dr. Viso-Gurovich is a professor at the University of the State of Hidalgo in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) today honored Christopher A. Hatwig, M.S., FASHP, with the ASHP Board of Directors Award of Excellence for his work to help safety net hospitals provide safe and cost-effective drug therapy to low-income and uninsured patients. Hatwig, vice president of Apexus in Irving, Texas, received the award during ASHP’s Summer Meeting in Rosemont, Ill.
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In remarks on health care reform to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates on Monday, President Barack Obama pointed to pharmacists’ participation on “multidisciplinary rounds” as an “island of excellence” that should become the “standard in our health care system.
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The NPA has the following initial comments to make on the Government’s response to the Pharmacy Order 2009 consultation, which came out today. The NPA’s key concerns in relation to regulation are to ensure high quality pharmacy practice, avoid duplication of regulation, and see community pharmacy on a level playing field with other primary care providers.
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The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) applauds President Obama’s address to the annual conference of the American Medical Association (AMA) Monday in Chicago in which he outlined his vision for health care reform. Pharmacists stand ready to be part of the solution and active participants in developing the framework for a reformed health care system. President Obama said “for the first time-key stakeholders are aligning not against, but in favor of reform.
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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) will highlight the critical role pharmacists play in ensuring the safety of the medication-use process in hospitals during a webinar hosted by the National Quality Forum (NQF) on June 18, 2009.
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