Memos and Alerts
NICE Key Therapeutic Topics 2018
The 2018 update of NICE ‘medicines optimisation: key therapeutic topics‘ has been published. The evidence context for all the current topics has […]
RCGP TARGET Antibiotic Newsletter
The team responsible for the RCGP TARGET Antibiotic Toolkit have just published the second in their new series of quarterly […]
RCGP/CPRD Quality Improvement Project
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the MHRA Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) have developed confidential bespoke practice and […]
NHS England Guidance on responsibility for prescribing between primary and secondary/tertiary care
NHS England has published guidance on Responsibility for prescribing between primary and secondary/tertiary care The guidance has been produced in partnership […]
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents Issue 10
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents Issue 10 Issue 10 covers: Burglaries to pharmacies Delivery errors Alcohol-free phenobarbital liquid for children […]
eRD Support
DDES CCG have been working with NECS MO, NECS Business Change & Benefits and NHS Digital to develop resources to […]
Keep your vaccines healthy – something to stick on the fridge
Public Health England (PHE) have produced a “Keep your vaccines healthy” poster – as a source of readily available information […]
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 […]
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 […]