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Blood Glucose Testing and Implementation of ISO 2013 Accuracy Standards
27 June 2016
A new standard for accuracy of blood glucose testing meters and test strips will be coming into effect on 1st June 2016.
All blood glucose meters must conform to ISO 15197: 2013, and manufacturers will no longer be allowed to supply meters which do not meet these new standards after 31st May 2016.
MicroGuide Antibiotic Prescribing Guidelines App
The North East and Cumbria antibiotic prescribing guideline for primary care is available to download free of charge as an app for your smartphone/ tablet. The app will automatically update when the main guideline is updated.
Antibiotic Audit Toolkits
TARGET audit toolkits and action planning TARGET have developed a series of audits to assess antibiotic prescribing against national guidelines. […]
Antimicrobial Stewardship Self-Assessment Checklist
This tool is a short questionnaire for use by GP practices, developed by TARGET, to assess antibiotic prescribing. It should provide you or your practice with strategies to optimise antibiotic prescribing in Primary Care.
Antibiotics E-learning Resources
NECS eLearning: antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial stewardship in primary care This programme has been developed by the NECS Medicines Optimisation […]
Antibiotic Guardian Campaign
Public Health England (PHE) established the Antibiotic Guardian campaign to help protect antibiotics and improve knowledge about antibiotic resistance. This campaign supports the UK 5 Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2013 to 2018, which sets out actions to slow the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance.
The campaign, which takes a One Health approach, calls on everyone in the UK (the public, animal and human healthcare communities) to become Antibiotic Guardians by choosing one simple pledge about how they will make better use of these vital medicines.
UK 5 Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2013 to 2018
This strategy aims to slow the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance by focusing activities around 3 strategic aims:
1. Improve the knowledge and understanding of antimicrobial resistance
2. Conserve and steward the effectiveness of existing treatments
3. Stimulate the development of new antibiotics, diagnostics and novel therapies
Antibiotic Prescribing Quality Premium 2016/17
The 2016/17 antimicrobial resistance Quality Premium indicator builds on the 2015/16 Quality Premium which nationally, between April and December 2015, contributed towards 2 million fewer antibiotic prescriptions dispensed, compared to the same period the previous year, a 7.9% reduction.
Antimicrobial prescribing is worth 10% of the total Quality Premium for 2016/17[1]. The Quality Premium measure consists of two parts (each worth 50% of the payment available for this indicator):
Part a) reduction in the number of antibiotics prescribed in primary care
Part b) reduction in the proportion of broad spectrum antibiotics prescribed in primary care
Why Asthma Still Kills – National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD)
NECS summary of recommendations from NRAD report for GP practices and community pharmacies The NRAD report calls for an end […]