Flu immunisation planning for GP practices 2018/19
NHS England have published guidance for GP practices planning their Flu vaccination programmes for 2018/19. Given the significant changes to the vaccines used this year it is important that all practices are aware of the advice. In particular the planned deliveries of adjuvanted vaccines. These will be in stages and are the same for all providers including community Continue Reading »
RPS Draft Professional Guidance on Polypharmacy
Gender Dysphoria_Private Medical Providers_NHS England Guidance
NHS England has issued guidance on “Primary Care Responsibilities In Regard To Requests by Private On-Line Medical Service Providers to Prescribe Hormone Treatments for Transgender People” The guidance refers to GMC guidance on treating Trans patients and includes the following advice: A request by a private on-line medical service that a GP accepts responsibility for prescribing endocrine treatments Continue Reading »
NICE Bites – Sore Throat & Acute Otitis Media
The North West Medicines Information Centre have published a very useful synopsis of recent NICE guidelines on antimicrobial prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections. NICE Bites 107 summarises NICE NG 84: Acute Sore throat and NICE NG 91: Acute Otitis Media. Both aim to limit antibiotic use and reduce antimicrobial resistance, emphasising the low risk of complications and Continue Reading »
Resources to support safer modification of food and drink
NHS Improvement have issued a Patient Safety Alert to highlight patient harm linked to misunderstandings about, or imprecise application of terms used to describe thickened fluids or food texture. The Patient Safety Alert also draws attention to the requirement for local plans for transition to international standardised terminology in the NHS and across the UK – with links Continue Reading »