Memos and Alerts
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 […]
Quinine – QT prolongation risk & interactions
Despite repeated warnings about an unfavourable balance between risks and benefits, prescribing of quinine salts in NECS stakeholder CCGs has […]
NHSE & NHC CC OTC QRG
NHS England & NHS Clinical Commissioners have published a quick reference guide (QRG) to Conditions for which over the counter items […]
Ulipristal for uterine fibroids – safety update
In February 2018, the European Medicine Agency Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) issued temporary recommendations that no new patients should be […]
National Medication Safety Dashboard
Following recommendations in the report of the Short Life Working Group on reducing medication-related harm, the Department of Health & Social […]
Influenza Season 2017/18: Antiviral Medicines No Longer Recommended
The Department of Health & Social Care has issued the following advice via the Central Alerting System: The most recent […]
Valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme
The MHRA has determined that valproate medicines should now be contraindicated in women & girls of childbearing potential unless the […]
MHRA Warning – Watch out for look-alikes & sound-alikes
The MHRA have recently highlighted the dangers associated with medicines with look-alike or sound-alike names – including cases with fatal outcomes, […]
Reducing Medication-Related Harm
The Department of Health and Social Care have published a Short Life Working Group report on reducing medication-related harm. The report, […]