Update Module 1458: The management of gout  

Christmas can be a bad time for gout sufferers. This article covers the symptoms and causes, explains who is at risk and also looks at the tests, treatments and lifestyle changes.


A Practical Approach: Script charge queries  

YetundeYetunde is having a difficult morning, with three patients each bringing in a script for multiple items. How much should she charge and why does one of the scripts need amending?


Job of the week

Key Account Manager – Clinical Operations

 

Salary: 25k + Car 

Location: South East

 

If you’re a bright, ambitious manager with a background in dispensing, ACT or Operations - or even all three - we have a fantastic opening within our Clinical Operations Department. Help us become partner of choice for professional service contracts and there are no limits to where you can go.

 

Opinion Poll

Should the pill be available as a P medicine?

 45%
 55%

 

OTC Pill pilot: The local reaction
A pilot scheme will make the Pill available without a prescription from selected south London pharmacies. We gauge the reaction from locals.

 

 

The Troubleshooter
Can the Troubleshooter turn round the fortunes of a new pharmacy facing competition from two local health centres?

 

The Big Picture

Award Winners 


What a year! There were winners and losers, financial highs and lows, a first ever pharmacy white paper and the beginnings of a new professional body. And don't forget the goat massacre. Max Gosney looks back at the stories that made the headlines in 2008. Read more here >>