North East and Cumbria Primary Care and Prison Healthcare Communication Survey

As part of some on-going work between NECS MO and NHSE, we are keen to explore briefly issues that some […]

Misuse of hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan)

NHS England and Public Health England have issued a letter in order to raise awareness of the misuse of hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan) which has been reported from HM prisons. Prescribers need to consider the appropriateness of new requests for hyoscine, particularly from patients recently discharged from prison.