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Gender Dysphoria_Private Medical Providers_NHS England Guidance
NHS England has issued guidance on “Primary Care Responsibilities In Regard To Requests by Private On-Line Medical Service Providers to […]
NICE Bites – Sore Throat & Acute Otitis Media
The North West Medicines Information Centre have published a very useful synopsis of recent NICE guidelines on antimicrobial prescribing for […]
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 […]
Drug-Related Deaths – the Gabapentinoid Connection
Statistics on drug-related deaths in Scotland during 2015 & 2016 were released recently (June 2018). Similar figures for England & […]
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 […]