Prescribing Newsletter
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents Issue 10
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents Issue 10 Issue 10 covers: Burglaries to pharmacies Delivery errors Alcohol-free phenobarbital liquid for children […]
Unblocking EPS2
Are you struggling to send some prescriptions by EPS2? The NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) is the standard […]
Keep your vaccines healthy – something to stick on the fridge
Public Health England (PHE) have produced a “Keep your vaccines healthy” poster – as a source of readily available information […]
Prevention of Future Death Notice – the EPS system does not highlight urgent prescriptions to pharmacies
“The EPS system does NOT allow urgent prescriptions to be highlighted to the receiving pharmacy when sent from a […]
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents Issue 9
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents Issue 9 Issue 9 of the bulletin: Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents, produced by NECS […]
NICE asthma guidance
There are important differences between new NICE recommendations on asthma treatment and current “standard practice” in the UK. For example, […]
Generic prescribing of anti-seizure drugs
The MHRA has updated guidance on switching between different brands of anti-seizure drugs The revised guidance now clearly states that the […]
NICE Reminder that antibiotics should not be used to treat the majority of sinus infections
NICE Guideline 79 strongly reminds us that antibiotics are very rarely needed for acute sinusitis – with a clear statement that […]
Lactose-Free Medicines
Have you seen an increase in requests for lactose and/or gluten-free medicines? Are you concerned that people may be being […]