Prescribing Newsletter
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 […]
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 […]
AHSN Atrial Fibrillation Card Deck_2018 Refresh
The Academic Health Science Network for the North East & North Cumbria have refreshed the Anticoagulant Treatment in Atrial Fibrillation […]
Valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme
The MHRA has determined that valproate medicines should now be contraindicated in women & girls of childbearing potential unless the […]
MHRA Warning – Watch out for look-alikes & sound-alikes
The MHRA have recently highlighted the dangers associated with medicines with look-alike or sound-alike names – including cases with fatal outcomes, […]