Drug Safety Update January 2020 – Reporting supected adverse events linked to e-cigarettes

The January 2020 edition of Drug Safety Update includes a reminder to be vigilant for any suspected adverse reactions associated […]

Medicines Support – HEE Training for Non-Registered Workforce

Health Education England have launched a set of training resources for the non-registered medicines workforce. To help people achieve essential […]

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 […]