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Antibiotic quality premium monitoring dashboard – September 2016
The NHS England Antibiotic Quality Premium Monitoring Dashboard is produced by the NHS Business Services Authority to support NHS England […]
World Antibiotic Awareness Week and European Antibiotic Awareness Day
World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) takes place from 14th – 20th November 2016 and European Antibiotic Awareness Day takes place […]
Electronic repeat dispensing toolkit
Electronic repeat dispensing (eRD) is an integral part of EPS, which offers many extra benefits over paper repeat dispensing and repeat prescribing.
NHS Digital have recently published an Electronic Repeat Dispensing Toolkit, available at which contains useful tools. You can also sign up for some eRD webinars to find out more. The toolkit includes an e-learning package, developed by NECS in conjunction with NHS Digital which can also be accessed through the NECS Medicines website.
Fosfomycin 3g Sachets – Updated product information
Fosfomycin is a broad spectrum antibiotic, used for the treatment of lower UTIs due to ESBL (extended spectrum beta-lactamase) producing […]
FeverPAIN Clinical Score
Public Health England’s management of infection guideline recommends the use of FeverPAIN score in the assessment of acute sore throats.
The score consist of five items:
Fever in last 24 hours
Purulence
Attend rapidly under 3 days
Inflamed tonsils
No cough or coyza
Score 0-1 = 13-18% streptococci, use NO antibiotic strategy
Score 2-3 = 34-40% streptococci, use 3 day back-up antibiotic prescription strategy
Score ≥4 = 62-65% streptococci, use immediate antibiotic if severe, or 48 hour short back-up prescription
Free TARGET webinars on antibiotic stewardship
Public Health England (PHE) and the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) have worked with primary care colleagues to develop […]
New sepsis toolkit designed to support GPs with sepsis identification and treatment
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), in partnership with Health Education England and NHS England, has today launched a new sepsis toolkit to support GPs and healthcare professionals to identify and manage the condition in patients.
NICE Bites – Sepsis
NICE Bites summarises key prescribing points from NICE guidance. Sections covered include: assessment and referral, people most vulnerable to sepsis, face to face assessment, treatment and management, antibiotic treatment, intravenous fluids, information and support, information at discharge, training and education.
CCG Briefing on Sacubitril Valsartan (Entresto®) NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance TA388
This briefing is designed to inform CCGs of the implications of NICE TAG 388 Sacubitril valsartan for treating symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.