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Prescribing Newsletter

Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration – Treatment Options

The CCGs in North Cumbria and the North East have commissioned this short film to help patients understand their options […]

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Influenza – Antiviral Prescribing Guidance

Public Health England have published updated guidance on how to manage suspected or confirmed ‘flu using antiviral agents. – with […]

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Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidance – NICE & PHE Update

Primary care guidance on management of common infections produced by Public Health England (PHE) has been used as the core […]

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Medicinal Cannabis – Limits on Prescribing

The Chief Medical Officer, National Medical Director and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer have written to GPs to explain changes to regulations […]

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Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes – little if any benefit for most

The NHS National Institute for Health Research has published a SIGNAL article highlighting a systematic review of 24 studies (including 5,454 […]

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Bath Additives for Children with Eczema – No Benefit

A large (n = 482) well-conducted trial based in UK primary care has found “no evidence of clinical benefit of […]

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Gabapentin & Pregabalin – to be Controlled Drugs in 2019

The Home Office has announced plans to classify both gabapentin and pregabalin as Class C controlled drugs in April 2019. […]

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NHS England Press Release – Adalimumab Patent Expiry

NHS England have issued a Press Release announcing that the NHS is set “to save £150 million by switching to new […]

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Prevention of Future Deaths Report – Adrenaline Auto-Injectors

A recent post noted that HM Assistant Coroner for West London intended to issue a Regulation 28 Prevention of Future […]

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