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North of Tyne Area Prescribing Committee Update July 2015
Recent Approvals Levonorgestrel 13.5mg IUS (Jaydess®) has been approved as a long acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) that differs from Mirena® […]
Bulletin – Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents July 2015 NECS supports the NHS England Area Team Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer in ensuring […]
July 2015 out of stock information
Antepsin – Supply Difficulties (Chugai) – Chugai has advised that there is no stock for community pharmacies of both Antepsin […]
APC update July 2015
The following guidelines have been approved and are now available for use in Durham and Darlington CCGs: Oral analgesia in […]
Rifaximin for preventing episodes of overt hepatic encephalopathy
Rifaximin is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for reducing the recurrence of episodes of overt hepatic encephalopathy […]
Paediatric diabetes referral guidelines for general practice
Paediatric diabetes referral guidelines are now available on the NECS Medicines Optimisation website.
Lithium shared care guideline
The lithium shared care guideline from TEWV has been updated to recommend six monthly checks as per NICE guidance. The […]
Nitrofurantoin tablets price reduction
The price of nitrofurantoin 100mg tablets has reduced from £12.29 for 28 tablets in June, to £3.53 for 28 tablets […]
Changes to prescriptions following Newcastle Gateshead CCG merger
Further to communications sent to practices after the CCG merger in April, all prescriptions should now be printing with Newcastle […]