Locality

Hyoscine butylbromide injection – supply issues

Hyoscine butylbromide 20mg/1ml injection (Buscopan injection) is included in NECN Palliative Care guidelines and linked care plans as an option for […]

NECS good practice guidance and tools for care homes

The NECS Vulnerable Adults Workstream Group has produced a suite of guidance documents and tools for use across all North East and Cumbria CCGs, based national standards, legislation and guidance.

Prevention of Future Death Notice – the EPS system does not highlight urgent prescriptions to pharmacies

  “The EPS system does NOT allow urgent prescriptions to be highlighted to the receiving pharmacy when sent from a […]

Cochrane review of long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) plus long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) versus LABA plus inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

In a Cochrane review of 11 studies, which included 9839 participants with stable chronic COPD, LAMA+LABA treatment had fewer exacerbations, […]

Inhaler Technique Videos

The inhaler technique videos below have been jointly produced by PrescQIPP and Health and Care Videos to help patients, carers […]

Making the most of your inhalers

Many people can get more out of their inhalers by using them slightly differently. Small differences in the way inhalers […]

Antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population (Joint NICE and Public Health England guideline)

This new guideline aims to make people aware of how to correctly use antimicrobial medicines and the dangers associated with their overuse and misuse in order to reduce antimicrobial resistance. It also includes measures to prevent and control infection.

Recommendations made by NG63 cover the following areas:

overarching principles
local system-wide approaches to reducing inappropriate antimicrobial demand and use
local system-wide approaches to preventing and limiting the spread of infection
childcare and education providers
prescribers, primary care, and community pharmacy teams.

Sepsis toolkit for GPs – a reminder

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), in partnership with Health Education England and NHS England, recently launched a new sepsis toolkit to support GPs and healthcare professionals to identify and manage the condition in patients.

Fosfomycin 3g sachets – a reminder

Prescribing fosfomycin as Monuril® is currently considerably more cost-effective than prescribing it generically.