NPC Archive Item: The Healthcare Commission’s Survey of Users of Mental Health Services 2008

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. What is the background to this? The Healthcare Commission’s survey of users of mental health services 2008 has now been published This is the 5th survey of its kind […]

NPC Archive Item: Are Patient Group Directions (PGDs) the Safest Route for your Service?

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. Introduction Patient Group Directions (PGDs) take a significant amount of time and resource to develop and implement1. The PGD website has recently written a guidance tool to help you […]

NPC Archive Item: NICE Guideline: Medicines concordance and adherence: involving adults and carers in decisions about prescribed medicines (Draft for consultation)

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. What is the background to this? More and more people are being prescribed an increasing amount of medication. The NICE draft guideline on medicines concordance and adherence: involving adults […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC Podcast – 7th August 2008

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. The NPC’s Director of Medicines Management, Richard Seal, takes a look back at developments within medicines management over the last 7 years. [podcast]http://www.npc.nhs.uk/podcast/mmaug08.mp3[/podcast] Subscribe to the NPC podcast via […]

NPC Archive Item: Further confirmation on the scale of drug-related incidents in hospitals

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. Updated: 29th July 2008 The incidence and nature of in-hospital adverse events: a systematic review. What is the background to this? Although there are many studies that have looked […]

NPC Archive Item: Medicines information needs of patients: the relationship between information needs, diagnosis and disease

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. This blog looks at the findings of a study published in Quality and Safety in Health Care by C Duggan and I Bates (Quality and Safety in Health Care, […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC Podcast – 3rd July 2008

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. A talk with Mark Pilling, Acting Deputy Head of Medicines Management, about some of the medicines management developments at Knowsley PCT followed by a brief review of the medicines […]

NPC Archive Item: Poor medicines communication may lead to preventable readmissions

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. Communication gaps and readmissions to hospital for patients over 75 years and older: an observational study. Evidence to support medicines management interventions that prevent or reduce hospital readmissions is […]

NPC Archive Item: Personalising medicines management – New Resource

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. The NPC’s new document on personalising medicines management was launched at the 9th Annual Conference for PCT prescribing advisers this week. The purpose of the document is to provide […]

NPC Archive Item: Design for patient safety: a guide to the labelling and packaging of injectable medicines published

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. Introduction Patient safety is a key priority for the NHS and is the first domain described in “Standards for Better Health”.1 The health service is a complex system where […]