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DHSC Medicine Supply and Shortage Updates – January 2020
The January 2020 edition of the Supply issues update for primary and secondary care from the Department of Health & […]
Smoking & Emollients – Fire Risk Reminder !!
The Coroner for Staffordshire (South) has issued a Prevention of Future Deaths notice to the DHSC, NICE, Public Health England, […]
DH&SC Supply Issues Update – December 2019
The last Department of Health & Social Care Supply Issues Update of the decade is now available via the NHS […]
DHSC-NHSE&I Guide to Medicines Supply & Shortages
The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England & NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have published a comprehensive guide […]
SPS NICE Bites – Cellulitis
The NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) have published the latest in the NICE Bites series of summary prescribing recommendations from […]
EPMA Systems & Safe Discharge – HSIB Report
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) have published a report on electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems (EPMA) and safe discharge. […]
Inhaler Switching – No Evidence of Negative Impact on Patients or Healthcare Utilisation
A self-controlled case series study led by researchers from the National Heart & Lung Institute and published in Thorax has […]
Managing Medicines for Adults receiving Community Social Care – Top Tips
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and the Royal College of General Practitioners have collaborated to produce “Top tips for managing […]
AECOPD – CRP testing reduces antibiotic use
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have published a Signal highlighting the conclusion of a study published in the […]