Close regulation of the pharmaceutical industry has been seen as essential for the protection of the public for most of the last century. Yet the interest of government and the public in the low-cost provision of medicines can often conflict with the existence of a strong, profitable and innovative pharmaceutical ...
This pamphlet describes three aspects of primary health care which were commonly referred to in the evidence to the Royal Commission. The first gives an outline of the current position of deputising services and examines issues of debate. The appendix gives details of the location and ownership of deputising services. ...
This document includes six papers presented at the seminar. The papers look at the relationship between consultants and general practitioners; the collection of data within community services; community psychiatry; and the education of general practitioners.
The main study was carried out in 18 smaller hospitals in West Cornwall without pharmacists. The objectives were: introduction of an improved design of prescription sheets for acute and long-stay hospitals; production of a procedural booklet on the prescribing, administration and distribution of drugs for medical, nursing and pharmaceutical staff; ...
This document presents the findings of an investigation into the problems of prescribing, distributing and administering prescribed drugs in small hospitals
This is a report of a conference which was held on Tuesday 28 February 1967 and attended by approximately 100 people, the majority of whom were doctors, nurses and pharmacists. The doctor's view about inpatient medication was concerned with problems arising from prescribing systems in hospitals. It was suggested that ...