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 […]