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Category Archives: Medicines management
Rapid Update 3 – November 2019: Lower carbon footprint inhalers: costs of switching and carbon footprint analysis
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Rapid Update 1 – November 2019: Review looks at the impact of integration of pharmacists in primary care on healthcare system indicators
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Rapid Update 1 – September 2019: Respiratory: UK study investigates cost saving inhaler switches, finding no adverse impact on health outcomes
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Rapid Update 1: July 2019 – New products added to NHS England’s list of ‘low-priority’ treatments
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NPC Archive Item: Pharmacist-led intervention reduces prescription errors in general practice
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 4 April 2012 A pragmatic randomised trial of 72 general practices in the UK found that pharmacist-led information technology intervention (PINCER) significantly reduced the frequency of some clinically important […]
NPC Archive Item: New guidance for hospital and community pharmacy staff to support patient discharge from hospital
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 7 March 2012 New guidance has been published to support the effective use of the new medicine service (NMS) and nationally targeted Medicine Use Review (MUR) service when patients […]
NPC Archive Item: Medicines Management: When patients transfer between care providers
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 2 August 2011 Summary In July 2011 the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) published guidance on ‘Keeping patients safe when they transfer between care providers – getting the medicines right’. […]
NPC Archive Item: Providing support for dementia patients and carers
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 18 May 2011 Introduction In January 2011 the Department of Health released its better practice guide ‘Living well with dementia: A National Dementia Strategy Good Practice Compendium […]
NPC Archive Item: Reducing treatment dose errors with low molecular weight heparins
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 06 September 2010 Introduction In July 2010, the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) issued its Rapid Response Report: Reducing treatment dose errors with low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs)1, making […]