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Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents November 2016
Issue 5 of the bulletin: Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents, produced by NECS on behalf of NHS England covers:
Prescribing and supply of controlled drugs
Advice to Community Pharmacies re the delivery of medicine
Advice for practices re the security of controlled drug prescriptions
NICE Guideline NG46: The safe use and management of controlled drugs
NECS Medicines Optimisation Newsletter November 2016
The Medicines Optimisation newsletter is a collection of news articles which have all recently appeared on the news feed on the NECS Medicines website https://medicines.necsu.nhs.uk.
You can also sign up for RSS updates which deliver news articles straight into your inbox when they are published on the website, and follow us on twitter @necsmedicines for regular updates and links to useful information.
Medicine Matters Summer 2016
Welcome to our new re-launched newsletter, aimed at care home services across the North of England.
Medicine Matters newsletter is produced by a team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who specialise in supporting care homes in the management of medicines. The aims of the newsletter are to:
– Provide a regular quarterly resource of information specific to medicines issues in care homes
– Deliver a short, informative bulletin that care staff find useful and educational
– Inform managers and staff in care homes of current issues regarding medicine management
– Identify and advise on commonly occurring problems regarding medicines in care homes
– Provide anonymous examples of recent “Lessons Learnt” as a mechanism for services to reflect on their practice and improve processes
– Provide access to specialist advice regarding medicines in care homes
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents July 2016
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents July 2016 – included in this issue:
– Prescribing for Temporary Residents
– CD Incidents Reported on SIRMS January to March 2016
– Common prescribing and dispensing incidents
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents February 2016
This bulletin focuses on medicines for palliative care and what to do with unused medicines when a patient dies
NECS prescribing newsletter January 2016
NECS prescribing newsletter January 2016 Gonorrhoea and antimicrobial resistance TARGET Toolkit and Antimicrobial Stewardship Event – 9 March TARGET antibiotics toolkit […]
TARGET Antibiotics Toolkit newsletter
The TARGET newsletter from PHE contains information on the TARGET toolkit, audits, patient information leaflets and national antibiotic prescribing guidance.
Controlled Drugs: Learning from Incidents October 2015
NECS supports the NHS England Area Team Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer in ensuring the safe management and use of controlled drugs within the North East & Cumbria region. Based on the commonly reported incidents and the lessons learned, we aim to share good practice across the region.
Medicine Matters September/ October 2015: medicines information for care staff in a social setting
Medicine Matters is a newsletter produced by the NECS North of Tyne Care Home Team providing medicines information for care staff in a social setting on behalf of CCGs across Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside.